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oracle.security.idaas.rp.spi
Interface RPProtocolHandler

public interface RPProtocolHandler

The RPProtocolHandler represents the IDP Interaction Provider Interface in the RP Contracts. This is purely protocol specific interface and is invoked before and after various protocol actions. This interface also allow to plug-in any third party protocol implementations if needed. Implementations of this interface is specific to protocol., for e.g. OpenID may have OpenIDHandler etc..

Since:: release specific (what release of product did this appear in)
Version:: $Header: idaas/rp/src/main/java/oracle/security/idaas/rp/RPProtocolHandler.java /main/2 2010/11/29 11:59:37 msimhach Exp $
Author:: msimhach

Method Summary
`Status`	`invokeAuthnRequest(RequestContext context, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, javax.servlet.ServletContext servletContext)` This method invokes the authentication process to an external Identity Provider.

Method Detail

invokeAuthnRequest

Status invokeAuthnRequest(RequestContext context,
                          javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                          javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                          javax.servlet.ServletContext servletContext)
                          throws RPException

This method invokes the authentication process to an external Identity Provider.

Parameters:: context - the request context that is established from the application.; request - the HTTP request object.; response - the HTTP response object.; servletContext - the ServletContext object.
Returns:: Status the status object for successful or failed authentication request invocation.
Throws:: RPException - if the creation of authentication request fails.