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* IronJacamar, a Java EE Connector Architecture implementation
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package javax.resource.spi.work;
import javax.security.auth.Subject;
import javax.security.auth.callback.CallbackHandler;
/**
* A standard {@link WorkContext WorkContext} that allows a {@link Work
* Work} instance to propagate security related context information from an EIS
* to an application server.
*
*
*
* This allows an EIS/resource adapter to flow-in security context information
* and execute a Work instance, and call methods on a MessageEndpoint interface,
* to effect message inflow, within that Work instance, in the context of an
* established identity.
*
*
*
* A resource adapter indicates to the WorkManager, that a Work instance needs
* to be run in a specified security execution context by submitting a Work
* instance that implements WorkContextProvider interface and ensuring that
* the List of WorkContexts for that Work instance contains an instance of its
* subclass of SecurityContext.
*
*
*
* It should be noted however that when a resource adapter flows-in an identity
* to be used by the application server, the propagated identity may or may not
* belong to the application server's security domain.
*
*
*
* There are therefore, two scenarios while a resource adapter propagates a
* security identity from an EIS to the application server:
*
*
*
* - Case 1: Resource adapter flows-in an identity in the application server's
* security domain: In this case, the application server could just set the
* initiating principal, flown-in from the resource adapter, as the security
* context the Work instance executes as.
* - Case 2: Resource adapter flows-in an identity belonging to the EIS'
* security domain: The resource adapter establishes a connection to the EIS and
* needs to perform a Work in the context of an EIS identity. In this case, the
* initiating or caller principal does not exist in the application server's
* security domain and a translation from one domain to the other needs to be
* performed.
*
*
*
* @since 1.6
* @see javax.resource.spi.work.WorkContextProvider
* @version Java EE Connector Architecture 1.6
*/
public abstract class SecurityContext implements WorkContext
{
/**
* Determines if a deserialized instance of this class
* is compatible with this class.
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = 7730296651802712658L;
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*/
public String getDescription()
{
return "Security Context";
}
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*/
public String getName()
{
return "SecurityContext";
}
/**
* The container calls this method to set up the security Context for the
* Work instance.
*
*
* The handler argument must not be null, and the argument handler and the
* CallbackHandler passed to this method must support the
* following Callbacks defined in JSR 196: Java Authentication
* SPI for Containers specification:
*
*
* - CallerPrincipalCallback
* - GroupPrincipalCallback
* - PasswordValidationCallback
*
* The following Callbacks may be supported by the container.
*
* - CertStoreCallback
* - PrivateKeyCallback
* - SecretKeyCallback
* - TrustStoreCallback
*
*
*
* A resource adapter might use the CallerPrincipalCallback “to
* set the container's representation of the caller principal. The
* CallbackHandler must establish the argument Principal as the caller
* principal associated with the invocation being processed by the
* container. When the argument Principal is null, the handler will
* establish the container's representation of the unauthenticated caller
* principal.”
*
*
* A resource adapter might use the GroupPrincipalCallback “to
* establish the container's representation of the corresponding group
* principals within the Subject. When a null value is passed to the groups
* argument, the handler will establish the container's representation of no
* group principals within the Subject. Otherwise, the handler's processing
* of this callback is additive, yielding the union (without duplicates) of
* the principals existing within the Subject, and those created with the
* names occuring within the argument array. The CallbackHandler will define
* the type of the created principals.”
*
*
* A resource adapter might use the PasswordValidationCallback
* “to employ the password validation facilities of its containing runtime.”
*
*
* The executionSubject argument must be non-null and it must not be
* read-only. It is expected that this method will populate this
* executionSubject with principals and credentials that would be flown into
* the application server.
*
*
* The serviceSubject argument may be null. If it is not null, it must not be read-
* only. It represents the application server’s credentials and it may be used by the
* Work implementation to retrieve Principals and credentials necessary to establish
* a connection to the EIS (in the cause of mutual-auth like scenarios). The
* serviceSubject may contain the credentials of the application server or the
* SecurityContext implementation may collect the service credentials, as
* necessary, by using the CallbackHandler passed to it.
*
*
*
* When this method is called, the method implementation
*
* - identifies the security context that needs to be flown-in to the
* application server to serve as the execution context of the Work
* instance.
* - populates the executionSubject with the EIS Principals and
* Credentials that it wants to serve as the security context for the Work
* instance to be executed in.
* - adds instances of the necessary Callbacks , usually a subset of the
* ones listed above, to an array and invokes the handle() method in the
* container's CallbackHandler implementation passing in the array of
* Callback instances.
* - on sucessful return from the CallbackHandler.handle() method the
* setSecurityContext returns after ensuring that the executionSubject is
* populated with the valid Principals and Credentials that represent the
* execution context of the Work instance
*
*
*
* @see JSR 196: Java Authentication SPI for Containers specification and
* related JavaDoc
*
* @param handler
* A CallbackHandler provided by the
* WorkManager that supports the
* Callbacks described above
* @param executionSubject
* A Subject that represents the security identity that needs to
* be established as the context for the Work
* instance. It is used by the method implementation to store
* Principals and credentials that needs to be used as the
* security context of the Work instance.
* @param serviceSubject
* A Subject that represents the application server It may be
* used by the method implementation as the source of Principals
* or credentials to be used to validate a connection to the EIS.
* 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.
*/
public abstract void setupSecurityContext(CallbackHandler handler,
Subject executionSubject, Subject serviceSubject);
}