Java Security, 2nd Edition

Name

Class javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext

Synopsis

This class is used to authenticate a user. You create an instance of this class (perhaps supplying an appropriate callback handler and/or subject) and then invoke the login( ) method to authenticate the user. If that succeeds, the user may be retrieved with the getSubject( ) method; that subject is then generally passed to the Subject.doAs( ) method.

Class Definition

public class javax.security.auth.login.LoginContext
    extends java.lang.Object {

    // Constructors
    public LoginContext(String, Subject, CallbackHandler);
    public LoginContext(String);
    public LoginContext(String, Subject);
    public LoginContext(String, CallbackHandler);

    // Instance Methods
    public Subject getSubject(  );
    public void login(  );
    public void logout(  );
}