org.jboss.security
Interface SubjectFactory

public interface SubjectFactory

This interface represents a factory for Subjects. Implementations are responsible for creating and populating a Subject object with the relevant information.

Author:

Stefan Guilhen, Anil.Saldhana@redhat.com

Method Summary

Subject	createSubject() The Subject factory method.
Subject	createSubject(String securityDomain) Create a subject given the security domain name

Method Detail

createSubject

Subject createSubject()

The Subject factory method. Implementations will construct the Subject object and insert all relevant information like credentials, roles, etc into the created object. Note: The Security Domain of "other" is assumed

Returns:

a reference to the constructed Subject object.

createSubject

Subject createSubject(String securityDomain)

Create a subject given the security domain name

Parameters:

securityDomain - Name of the Security Domain

Returns: