com.ibm.websphere.security.web

Class WebSecurityHelper

  • java.lang.Object
    • com.ibm.websphere.security.web.WebSecurityHelper

  • public class WebSecurityHelper
extends java.lang.Object
    Provides methods to perform security functions for web applications.
    Since:
    WAS 8.0
    Version:
    WAS 8.0

    • Method Summary

      Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method and Description
      static javax.servlet.http.Cookie getSSOCookieFromSSOToken()
      Extracts the SSO token from the subject of current thread and builds an SSO cookie out of it for use on downstream web invocations.

      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

    • Constructor Detail

      • WebSecurityHelper

        public WebSecurityHelper()

    • Method Detail

      • getSSOCookieFromSSOToken

        public static javax.servlet.http.Cookie getSSOCookieFromSSOToken()
                                                          throws java.lang.Exception
        Extracts the SSO token from the subject of current thread and builds an SSO cookie out of it for use on downstream web invocations. The caller must check for null return value.

        When the returned value is not null use Cookie methods getName() and getValue() to set the Cookie header on an HTTP request with header value of Cookie.getName()=Cookie.getValue()

        Returns:
        an object of type javax.servlet.http.Cookie. May return null.
        Throws:
        java.lang.Exception
IBM WebSphere Application ServerTM
Release 8.5
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