com.filenet.api.authentication

Class Credentials

java.lang.Object

com.filenet.api.authentication.Credentials

Direct Known Subclasses:

OpenTokenCredentials, SubjectCredentials, UsernameCredentials

public abstract class Credentials
extends java.lang.Object

This class acts as a base for several subclasses which convey authentication credentials of various kinds to the Content Engine, and provides a method to execute a specified action (using the CE API) in the security context authenticated by those credentials.

Note: The EJB transport supports only the SubjectCredentials subclass. Any of the subclasses may be used with the WSI transport.

Since:

Version 5.5.9.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Credentials()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> T	doAs(java.security.PrivilegedExceptionAction<T> pea) Executes the PrivilegedExceptionAction in the security context authenticated by the credentials provided in this object.
static Credentials	getCurrent() Returns the current effective Credentials for the calling thread.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Credentials

public Credentials()

Method Detail

doAs

public <T> T doAs(java.security.PrivilegedExceptionAction<T> pea)

Executes the PrivilegedExceptionAction in the security context authenticated by the credentials provided in this object.

This method saves the currently active credentials (see getCurrent()) and makes the target object active for the duration of the action execution.

Parameters:

pea - The action to execute

Returns:

The value returned by the PrivilegedExceptionAction.run() method.

getCurrent

public static Credentials getCurrent()

Returns the current effective Credentials for the calling thread.

Returns:

The Credentials object in effect for the current thread or null if no credentials have been established.