org.ow2.shelbie.core.identity

Interface IdentityProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultIdentityProvider

public interface IdentityProvider

Extract a simple identity from a Subject. As a Subject may contains multiple Principal, it is difficult to extract a single meaningful identity from this Set.

Since:

2.0

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	get(Subject subject) Extract a single identity String from the given Subject and its Principals.

Method Detail

get

String get(Subject subject)

Extract a single identity String from the given Subject and its Principals.

Parameters:

subject - Subject

Returns:

a non null value