Package weblogic.security.services

Interface AppChallengeContext

public interface AppChallengeContext

The AppChallengeContext interface allows the Authentication to return an object that contains state and is used for subsequent steps in a multi-step challenge/response process. This allows the framework to support authentication protocols such as Microsoft's Windows NT Challenge/Response (NTLM), Simple and Protected GSS-API Negotiation Mechanism (SPNEGO), and other challenge/response authentication mechanisms.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
javax.security.auth.Subject	getAuthenticatedSubject()	Returns the authenticated subject for the challenge identity assertion.
java.lang.Object	getChallengeToken()	Returns the challenge token for the challenge identity assertion.
boolean	hasChallengeIdentityCompleted()	Returns whether the challenge identity assertion has completed.

Method Detail

hasChallengeIdentityCompleted

boolean hasChallengeIdentityCompleted()

Returns whether the challenge identity assertion has completed.

Returns:

true if the challenge identity assertion has completed, false if not. If true, then the caller should use the getAuthenticatedSubject() method. If false, then the caller should use the getChallengeToken() method.

getAuthenticatedSubject

javax.security.auth.Subject getAuthenticatedSubject()

Returns the authenticated subject for the challenge identity assertion. This method should only be called when the hasChallengeIdentityCompleted() method returns true. If called incorrectly, then an IllegalStateException runtime exception will be thrown.

Returns:

the javax.security.auth.Subject related to the identity.

getChallengeToken

java.lang.Object getChallengeToken()

Returns the challenge token for the challenge identity assertion. This method should only be called when the hasChallengeIdentityCompleted() method returns false. If called incorrectly, then an IllegalStateException runtime exception will be thrown.

Returns:

the challenge token for the challenge Identity Assertion provider