com.ibm.websphere.objectgrid.security.plugins.builtins
Class WSSubjectSourceImpl

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.websphere.objectgrid.security.plugins.builtins.WSSubjectSourceImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

SubjectSource

public class WSSubjectSourceImpl
extends Object
implements SubjectSource

This class is a implementation of the SubjectSource plugin interface for use when an ObjectGrid is accessed in a WebSphere Application Server.

This implementation gets either a runAs Subject or a caller Subject from WebSphere Application Server thread. Users can use the setType(int) method to indicate what type of Subject will be retrieved. If RUN_AS_SUBJECT is used, the runAs Subject will be returned; if CALLER_SUBJECT is used, the caller Subject will be returned.

Since:

WAS XD 6.0

See Also:

SubjectSource

Field Summary

static int	CALLER_SUBJECT A constant representing the caller Subject type
static int	RUN_AS_SUBJECT A constant representing the runAs Subject type

Constructor Summary

WSSubjectSourceImpl()
Creates a new WSSubjectSourceImpl with the RunAs Subject type

WSSubjectSourceImpl(int type)
Creates a new WSSubjectSourceImpl with the specified Subject type

Method Summary

Subject	getSubject() Converts a passed-in Subject to a new Subject object.
int	getType() Gets the subject type
void	setType(int type) Sets the subject type, either RUN_AS_SUBJECT or CALLER_SUBJECT

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

RUN_AS_SUBJECT

public static final int RUN_AS_SUBJECT

A constant representing the runAs Subject type

See Also:

Constant Field Values

CALLER_SUBJECT

public static final int CALLER_SUBJECT

A constant representing the caller Subject type

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

WSSubjectSourceImpl

public WSSubjectSourceImpl()

Creates a new WSSubjectSourceImpl with the RunAs Subject type

WSSubjectSourceImpl

public WSSubjectSourceImpl(int type)

Creates a new WSSubjectSourceImpl with the specified Subject type

Parameters:

type - the Subject type

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the specified type is invalid

Method Detail

getType

public int getType()

Gets the subject type

Returns:

the argument that was passed to the constructor or the setType(int) method, or the default value of RUN_AS_SUBJECT if the default constructor is used

See Also:

RUN_AS_SUBJECT, setType(int)

setType

public void setType(int type)

Sets the subject type, either RUN_AS_SUBJECT or CALLER_SUBJECT

Parameters:

type - the subject type

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the specified type is invalid

getSubject

public Subject getSubject()
                   throws ObjectGridSecurityException

Converts a passed-in Subject to a new Subject object.

Specified by:

getSubject in interface SubjectSource

Returns:

the converted subject

Throws:

ObjectGridSecurityException - if an error occurs during processing

See Also:

SubjectSource.getSubject()