com.sun.identity.wsfederation.plugins

Interface IDPAuthenticationMethodMapper

public interface IDPAuthenticationMethodMapper

The interface IDPAuthenticationMethodMapper creates an IDPAuthenticationTypeInfo based on the RequestAuthnContext from the AuthnRequest sent by a Service Provider and the AuthnContext configuration at the IDP entity config. The implementation of this class will be used by the IDP to find out the authentication mechaism and set the AuthnContext in the Assertion.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IDPAuthenticationTypeInfo	getIDPAuthnContextInfo(String authenticationType, String idpEntityID, String realm) Returns an IDPAuthenticationTypeInfo object.

Method Detail

getIDPAuthnContextInfo

IDPAuthenticationTypeInfo getIDPAuthnContextInfo(String authenticationType,
                                                 String idpEntityID,
                                                 String realm)
                                          throws WSFederationException

Returns an IDPAuthenticationTypeInfo object.

Parameters:

authenticationType - the AuthenticationType from the Service Provider

idpEntityID - the Entity ID of the Identity Provider

realm - the realm to which the Identity Provider belongs

Returns:

an IDPAuthenticationTypeInfo object

Throws:

WSFederationException - if an error occurs.