org.jboss.security.federation.service
Interface FederationService

All Known Implementing Classes:
Federation

public interface FederationService

A Federation Service represents the SSO Federation Service. A SSO Federation Service is a key component for SSO token propogation across partner sites especially those located in different security domains.

Author:
Sohil Shah - sohil.shah@jboss.com - May 28, 2006

Method Summary
 java.lang.String getPartnerInfo()
          Returns an xml representation of partner web applications that are part of this SSO Federation
 java.util.Collection getPartners()
          Returns a collection of partner web applications that are part of this SSO Federation
 void setConf(java.lang.String confLocation)
          Location of the configuration file used to configure the Federation Service
 

Method Detail

getPartners

java.util.Collection getPartners()
Returns a collection of partner web applications that are part of this SSO Federation

Returns:
partner web applications that belong to the Single Sign On Federation

getPartnerInfo

java.lang.String getPartnerInfo()
Returns an xml representation of partner web applications that are part of this SSO Federation

Returns:
an xml representation of web applications that belong to the Single Sign On Federation

setConf

void setConf(java.lang.String confLocation)
Location of the configuration file used to configure the Federation Service

Parameters:
confLocation - location of the configuration file