com.entrust.toolkit.x509.directory

Class AuthenticationType

java.lang.Object

com.entrust.toolkit.x509.directory.AuthenticationType

public abstract class AuthenticationType
extends java.lang.Object

AuthenticationType is an abstract class used to define configuration information for authentication types. It is meant to be a framework used for SASL authentication, although other authentication types could be used.

The purpse of an AuthenticationType is to configure the environment properties needed to setup an authentication mechanism. AuthenticationType defines API's for configuring or de-configuring a Context.

Subclasses which extend this class should be passed to the initialization code for the Context (such as the InitialLdapContext or the InitialDirContext). The required environment settings can then be obtained by calling the getContextEnvironment() method for each authentication type.

There may be some cases where specific authentication mechansims need to be removed. In such a case, the removeContextEnvironment(Map) can be used against a given set of properties to remove environment properties that were set by this class.

Since:

7.2 patch

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AuthenticationType()

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AuthenticationType

public AuthenticationType()