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com.tangosol.net.security
Interface IdentityTransformer

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultIdentityTransformer

public interface IdentityTransformer

IdentityTransformer transforms a Subject to a token that asserts identity.

Since:

Coherence 3.6

Author:

dag 2009.12.04

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

transformIdentity(javax.security.auth.Subject subject) Transform a Subject to a token that asserts an identity.

Method Detail

transformIdentity

java.lang.Object transformIdentity(javax.security.auth.Subject subject)
                                   throws java.lang.SecurityException

Transform a Subject to a token that asserts an identity.

Parameters:

subject - the Subject representing a user.

Returns:

the token that asserts identity.

Throws:

java.lang.SecurityException - if the identity transformation fails.

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