javax.security.auth.login

Class LoginContext

public class LoginContext extends Object

Constructor Summary
	LoginContext(String name)
	LoginContext(String name, CallbackHandler cbHandler)
	LoginContext(String name, Subject subject)
	LoginContext(String name, Subject subject, CallbackHandler cbHandler)
	LoginContext(String name, Subject subject, CallbackHandler cbHandler, Configuration config)

Method Summary
Subject	getSubject() Returns the authenticated subject, or the parameter passed to one of the constructors.
void	login() Logs a subject in, using all login modules configured for this application.
void	logout() Logs a subject out, cleaning up any state that may be in memory.

Constructor Detail

LoginContext

public LoginContext(String name, CallbackHandler cbHandler)

LoginContext

public LoginContext(String name, Subject subject)

LoginContext

public LoginContext(String name, Subject subject, CallbackHandler cbHandler)

LoginContext

public LoginContext(String name, Subject subject, CallbackHandler cbHandler, Configuration config)

Since: 1.5

Method Detail

getSubject

public Subject getSubject()

Returns the authenticated subject, or the parameter passed to one of the constructors. null is returned if the previous login attempt failed and there was no subject provided.

Returns: The subject, or null.

Logs a subject in, using all login modules configured for this application. This method will call the {@link LoginModule#login()} method of each module configured for this application, stopping if a REQUISITE module fails or if a SUFFICIENT module succeeds. If the overall login attempt fails, a {@link LoginException} will be thrown.