Package javax.security.auth.message

Interface MessagePolicy.Target

Enclosing class:
MessagePolicy
public static interface MessagePolicy.Target
This interface is used to represent and perform message targeting. Targets are used by message authentication modules to operate on the corresponding content within messages.

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

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    Object
    get(MessageInfo messageInfo)
    Get the Object identified by the Target from the MessageInfo.
    void
    put(MessageInfo messageInfo, Object data)
    Put the Object into the MessageInfo at the location identified by the target.
    void
    remove(MessageInfo messageInfo)
    Remove the Object identified by the Target from the MessageInfo.

  • Method Details

    • get

      Object get(MessageInfo messageInfo)
      Get the Object identified by the Target from the MessageInfo.
      Parameters:
      messageInfo - The MessageInfo containing the request or response message from which the target is to be obtained.
      Returns:
      An Object representing the target, or null when the target could not be found in the MessageInfo.

    • remove

      void remove(MessageInfo messageInfo)
      Remove the Object identified by the Target from the MessageInfo.
      Parameters:
      messageInfo - The MessageInfo containing the request or response message from which the target is to be removed.

    • put

      void put(MessageInfo messageInfo, Object data)
      Put the Object into the MessageInfo at the location identified by the target.
      Parameters:
      messageInfo - The MessageInfo containing the request or response message into which the object is to be put.