Mechanism Handlers List

The Mechanism Handler List attribute stores information about the SASL mechanisms supported by the Authentication Web Service. It displays entries that contain key/value pairs separated by a pipe as in: key=PLAIN|class=com.sun.identity.liberty.ws.authnsvc.mechanism.PlainMechanismHandler. The parameters are explained in the following table.

Parameter

Value

key

The required key parameter defines the SASL mechanism supported by the Authentication Web Service.

class

The required class parameter specifies the name of the implementation class for the SASL mechanism. The Authentication Web Service layer provides a handler interface that needs to be implemented in order for each SASL mechanism to process the requested message and return a response.

To add a new Request Handler click Add, and see To Configure a New Mechanism Handler.