Using the Java EE Security API

53 Using the Java EE Security API

This chapter describes the authentication and credential validation functionality provided by the Java EE Security API. The API also defines a SecurityContext access point for programmatic security.

The following topics are addressed here:

About the Java EE Security API
Overview of the HTTP Authentication Mechanism Interface
Overview of the Identity Store Interfaces
Running the Built-In Database Identity Store Example
Running the Custom Identity Store Example