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package javax.security.auth.message;
import javax.security.auth.Subject;
/**
* An implementation of this interface is used to secure service request
* messages, and validate received service response messages.
*
* @see MessageInfo
* @see Subject
*/
public interface ClientAuth {
/**
* Secure a service request message before sending it to the service.
*
* This method is called to transform the request message acquired
* by calling getRequestMessage (on messageInfo) into the
* mechanism-specific form to be sent by the runtime.
*
This method conveys the outcome of its message processing either
* by returning an AuthStatus value or by throwing an AuthException.
*
* @param messageInfo A contextual object that encapsulates the
* client request and server response objects, and that may be
* used to save state across a sequence of calls made to the
* methods of this interface for the purpose of completing a
* secure message exchange.
*
* @param clientSubject A Subject that represents the source of the
* service
* request, or null. It may be used by the method implementation
* as the source of Principals or credentials to be used to
* secure the request. If the Subject is not null, the method
* implementation may add additional Principals or credentials
* (pertaining to the source of the service request) to the
* Subject.
*
* @return An AuthStatus object representing the completion status of
* the processing performed by the method.
* The AuthStatus values that may be returned by this method
* are defined as follows:
*
* - AuthStatus.SUCCESS when the application request message
* was successfully secured. The secured request message may be
* obtained by calling getRequestMessage on messageInfo.
*
*
- AuthStatus.SEND_CONTINUE to indicate that the application
* request message (within messageInfo) was replaced with a security
* message that should elicit a security-specific response from the peer
* security system. This status value also indicates that the application
* message has not yet been secured.
*
* This status value serves to inform the calling runtime that
* (to successfully complete the message exchange) it will
* need to be capable of continuing the message dialog by conducting
* at least one additional request/response exchange after having
* received the security-specific response elicited by sending the
* security message.
*
* When this status value is returned, the corresponding
* invocation of
validateResponse must be able
* to obtain the original application request message.
*
* - AuthStatus.FAILURE to indicate that a failure occured
* while securing the request message, and that an appropriate
* failure response message is available by calling getResponseMessage
* on messageInfo.
*
*
* @exception AuthException When the message processing failed without
* establishing a failure response message (in messageInfo).
*/
AuthStatus secureRequest(MessageInfo messageInfo, Subject clientSubject)
throws AuthException;
/**
* Validate a received service response.
*
* This method is called to transform the mechanism-specific response
* message acquired by calling getResponseMessage (on messageInfo)
* into the validated application message to be returned to the
* message processing runtime. If the response message is a
* (mechanism-specific) meta-message, the method implementation must
* attempt to transform the meta-message into the next
* mechanism-specific request message to be sent by the runtime.
*
This method conveys the outcome of its message processing either
* by returning an AuthStatus value or by throwing an AuthException.
*
* @param messageInfo A contextual object that encapsulates the
* client request and server response objects, and that may be
* used to save state across a sequence of calls made to the
* methods of this interface for the purpose of completing a
* secure message exchange.
*
* @param clientSubject A Subject that represents the recipient of the
* service response, or null. It may be used by the method
* implementation as the source of Principals or credentials to
* be used to validate the response. If the Subject is not null,
* the method implementation may add additional Principals or
* credentials (pertaining to the recipient of the service
* request) to the Subject.
*
* @param serviceSubject A Subject that represents the source of the
* service response, or null. If the Subject is not null,
* the method implementation may add additional Principals or
* credentials (pertaining to the source of the service
* response) to the Subject.
*
* @return An AuthStatus object representing the completion status of
* the processing performed by the method.
* The AuthStatus values that may be returned by this method
* are defined as follows:
*
* - AuthStatus.SUCCESS when the application response
* message was successfully validated. The validated
* message is available by calling getResponseMessage on
* messageInfo.
*
*
- AuthStatus.SEND_CONTINUE to indicate that response validation
* is incomplete, and that a continuation request was returned
* as the request message within messageInfo.
*
* This status value serves to inform the calling runtime that
* (to successfully complete the message exchange) it will
* need to be capable of continuing the message dialog by conducting
* at least one additional request/response exchange.
*
*
- AuthStatus.FAILURE to indicate that validation of the response
* failed, and that a failure response message has been established
* in messageInfo.
*
*
* @exception AuthException When the message processing failed without
* establishing a failure response message (in messageInfo).
*/
AuthStatus validateResponse(MessageInfo messageInfo,
Subject clientSubject, Subject serviceSubject)
throws AuthException;
/**
* Remove implementation specific principals and credentials from the
* subject.
*
* @param messageInfo A contextual object that encapsulates the
* client request and server response objects, and that may be
* used to save state across a sequence of calls made to the
* methods of this interface for the purpose of completing a
* secure message exchange.
*
* @param subject The Subject instance from which the Principals and
* credentials are to be removed.
*
* @exception AuthException If an error occurs during the Subject
* processing.
*/
void cleanSubject(MessageInfo messageInfo, Subject subject)
throws AuthException;
}