com.sun.identity.wss.security
Class SecurityTokenFactory

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.identity.wss.security.SecurityTokenFactory

public class SecurityTokenFactory
extends Object

This class SecurityTokenFactory represents a factory class to create WSS Security tokens. This class uses pluggable TokenProviders to generate the WSS security tokens. If the TokenProvider is not specified, this class will use the default implementation of the Token Provider.

Constructor Summary

protected

SecurityTokenFactory(TokenProvider provider) Protected constructor.

Method Summary

static SecurityTokenFactory	getInstance(SSOToken credential) Returns the security token factory instance.
static SecurityTokenFactory	getInstance(TokenProvider provider) Returns the security token factory instance.
SecurityToken	getSecurityToken(SecurityTokenSpec tokenSpec) Creates a security token from the security token specificaion.
TokenProvider	getTokenProvider() Returns the provider of this security token factory object.

Constructor Detail

SecurityTokenFactory

protected SecurityTokenFactory(TokenProvider provider)

Protected constructor.

Method Detail

getInstance

public static SecurityTokenFactory getInstance(SSOToken credential)
                                        throws SecurityException

Returns the security token factory instance. The default TokenProvider is used to generate the WSS security tokens.

Parameters:

credential - The credential of the authenticated subject.

Throws:

SecurityException - if unable to create the the security token factory.

getInstance

public static SecurityTokenFactory getInstance(TokenProvider provider)
                                        throws SecurityException

Returns the security token factory instance.

Parameters:

provider - the token provider implementation.

Throws:

SecurityException - if unable to create the the security token factory.

getSecurityToken

public SecurityToken getSecurityToken(SecurityTokenSpec tokenSpec)
                               throws SecurityException

Creates a security token from the security token specificaion.

Parameters:

tokenSpec - Security Token Specification that is needed to generate the security tokens.

Returns:

SecurityToken the security token.

Throws:

SecurityException - if the security token could not be generated.

getTokenProvider

public TokenProvider getTokenProvider()

Returns the provider of this security token factory object.

Returns:

the token provider.