Package jakarta.security.auth.message

Interface MessagePolicy.ProtectionPolicy

Enclosing class:
MessagePolicy
public static interface 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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    Fields
    Modifier and Type
    Field
    Description
    static final String
    AUTHENTICATE_CONTENT
    The identifier for a ProtectionPolicy that indicates that the origin of data within the message is to be authenticated (that is, the message is to be protected such that its recipients can establish who defined the message content).
    static final String
    AUTHENTICATE_RECIPIENT
    The identifier for a ProtectionPolicy that indicates that the message recipient is to be authenticated.
    static final String
    AUTHENTICATE_SENDER
    The identifier for a ProtectionPolicy that indicates that the sending entity is to be authenticated.

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    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    String
    getID()
    Get the ProtectionPolicy identifier.

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      static final String AUTHENTICATE_SENDER
      The identifier for a ProtectionPolicy that indicates that the sending entity is to be authenticated.
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      static final String AUTHENTICATE_CONTENT
      The identifier for a ProtectionPolicy that indicates that the origin of data within the message is to be authenticated (that is, the message is to be protected such that its recipients can establish who defined the message content).
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      static final String AUTHENTICATE_RECIPIENT
      The identifier for a ProtectionPolicy that indicates that the message recipient is to be authenticated.
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      String getID()
      Get the ProtectionPolicy identifier. An identifier may represent a conceptual protection policy (as is the case with the static identifiers defined within this interface) or it may identify a procedural policy expression or plan that may be more difficult to categorize in terms of a conceptual identifier.
      Returns:
      A String containing a policy identifier. This interface defines some policy identifier constants. Configuration systems may define and employ other policy identifiers values.