Chapter 11. Security Context Factory

package org.jboss.security.plugins;

import java.security.Principal;

import javax.security.auth.Subject;

import org.jboss.security.SecurityContext;
import org.jboss.security.SecurityContextUtil; 

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/**
 *  Factory class used to create Security Context instances 
 */
public class SecurityContextFactory
{ 
   /**
    * Create a security context 
    * @param securityDomain Security Domain driving the context
    * @return
    */
   public static SecurityContext createSecurityContext(String securityDomain)
   {
      JBossSecurityContext jsc = new JBossSecurityContext(securityDomain);
      return jsc; 
   }
   
   /**
    * Create a security context
    * @param p Principal
    * @param cred Credential
    * @param s Subject
    * @param securityDomain SecurityDomain
    * @return
    * @see #createSecurityContext(String)
    */
   public static SecurityContext createSecurityContext(Principal p, 
         Object cred,Subject s, String securityDomain)
   {
      JBossSecurityContext jsc = new JBossSecurityContext(securityDomain);
      jsc.getUtil().createSubjectInfo(p,cred,s);
      return jsc;
   }
   
   
   /**
    * Return an instance of the SecurityContextUtil
    * @return
    */
   public static SecurityContextUtil createUtil(SecurityContext sc)
   {
      return new JBossSecurityContextUtil(sc);
   } 
}