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javax.security.auth.message

Sub Packages:

javax.security.auth.message.callback   This package defines callback interfaces that may be used by a pluggable message authentication module to interact with the message processing runtime that invoked the module.  
javax.security.auth.message.config   This package defines the interfaces implemented by JSR 196 compatible configuration systems.  
javax.security.auth.message.module   This package defines the interfaces implemented by JSR 196 compatible authentication modules.  

Interfaces:

ClientAuth   An implementation of this interface is used to secure service request messages, and validate received service response messages.  code | html
MessageInfo   A message processing runtime uses this interface to pass messages and message processing state to authentication contexts for processing by authentication modules.  code | html
MessagePolicy.ProtectionPolicy  

This interface is used to represent message authentication policy.

The internal state of a ProtectionPolicy object defines the message authentication requirements to be applied to the associated Target.

 
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MessagePolicy.Target   This interface is implemented by objects that represent and perform message targeting on behalf of authentication modules.

The internal state of a Target indicates whether it applies to the request or response message of an AuthParam and to which components it applies within the identified message.

 
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ServerAuth   An implementation of this interface is used to validate received service request messages, and to secure service response messages.  code | html

Classes:

AuthException  

A generic authentication exception.

 
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AuthStatus  

The AuthStatus class is used to represent return values from Authentication modules.

 
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MessagePolicy   This class defines a message authentication policy.  code | html
MessagePolicy.TargetPolicy     code | html