org.eclipse.higgins.rp
Interface RelyingPartyEnabler

public interface RelyingPartyEnabler

The top level interface which defines the Relying Party interface. This is essentially a factory which serves up protocol handler for a given set of parameters ( URL/user agent)

Method Summary

AuthProtocolHandler	createNewSession(Map policy) AuthProtocolHandler is an object implementing the finite state machine of the actual protocol.
AuthProtocolHandler	createNewSession(String userAgent, Map policy)

Method Detail

createNewSession

public AuthProtocolHandler createNewSession(Map policy)

AuthProtocolHandler is an object implementing the finite state machine of the actual protocol. Offer two methods for the factory to create a protocol handler: based just on policy and the other based on policy and the user agent.

Parameters:

policy - is a hashMap mapping attributes to a list of values. Typical attributes are "TokenTypes", "RequiredClaims", "OptionalClaims"

Returns:

an appropriate authentication handler for this policy

createNewSession

public AuthProtocolHandler createNewSession(String userAgent,
                                            Map policy)

Parameters:

userAgent - String description of the user-agent

policy - is a hashMap mapping attributes to a list of values. Typical attributes are "TokenTypes", "RequiredClaims", "OptionalClaims"

Returns:

appropriate authentication handler for this policy and user agent