Hi Josef,

Sorry, forgot to put the links to the samples.

[1] -
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/webservices/rampart/trunk/java/modules/rampart-samples/basic/sample11/

[2] -
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/webservices/rampart/trunk/java/modules/rampart-samples/policy/sample01/

Thanks,
nandana


On Jan 22, 2008 9:20 PM, Nandana Mihindukulasooriya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Hi Josef,
>
> I think what .-2 is asking for is somehow "the normal case". userName and
> > password in a xml file is, sorry to me a bit artificial and the wrong
> > place.
> >
>
> Yes. Agreed. In fact, that is why Rampart allows not only to set the
> username
> but the whole in/out flow configuration programmatically as Dimuthu has
> described
> in her mail. And the Rampart sample 11 [1] also shows how to do this.
>
> For me it is very clear what .-2 wants, but the solution given by .-1
> > is confusing me. Why do I need to think about a policy based approach if
> > I have such a simple demand as .-2 wants?
>
>
> I would say why. When you use the policy based approach what is actually
> being used is Rampart handlers and the rampart engine does all the dirty
> work.
> But if you use parameter based configuration WSS4J handlers are the ones
> being used. So as you can see it is not only about configuration and it is
> also
> about what implementation is really being used. If you look at the
> development,
> bug fixes, feature additions it is clear why it is always recommended to
> use policy
> based configuration. And all the interop tests with .NET / C are also done
> using
> policy based configuration. Hope I didn't confuse you with the
> implementation
> details. The bottom line is parameter based configuration ( WSS4J handlers
> )
> is deprecated and most of the new development happens in the policy based
> configuration ( Rampart handlers ). So if you are starting to use Rampart,
> I think
>  is always better to use policy based configuration for all the scenarios
> whether
> it is simple or complex.
>
>
> > Please Rampart developers become clear about when to use which approach.
> > And include a working example for each possible approach you can think
> > of.
>
>
> Rampart sample one [2] , shows how to use a username token to authenticate
> even
> though there the policy provides the username. But if simply set the
> username and
> password  using options in the client, it will work fine as you expected.
>
> I will have the same issue in a few weeks from now and hope to get it done
> > the easy way. :-)
>
>
> I hope you didn't mean parameter based configuration when you said
> "the easy way". ;) Anyway we will include more samples on how to use the
> policy
> based configuration which would help people to understand how to use
> Rampart
> in various scenarios. If you think there are common scenarios missing in
> the
> Rampart samples, please do post suggestions to rampart dev list and we
> would
> include those samples in the Rampart distribution. That would be a great
> help to
> improve the usability of Rampart.
>
> Thanks,
> Nandana
>
>
> >
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Dimuthu Leelarathne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 17. Januar 2008 04:03
> > An: [email protected]
> > Betreff: Re: Dynamically setting the username/password with Rampart.
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Since you have used the configuration parameters username/password will
> > not be picked up from the options object. Username/password will be
> > given priority if you are using policy based configuration only.
> >
> > This is how you set username/password dynamically if you are using
> > configuration parameter approach.
> >
> > OutflowConfiguration ofc = new OutflowConfiguration();
> > ofc.setActionItems("UsernameToken");
> > options.setProperty(WSSHandlerConstants.OUTFLOW_SECURITY,
> > ofc.getProperty());
> >
> > myCallback.setUTUsername ("bob");
> > myCallback.setUTPassword("bobpass");
> > options.put(WSHandlerConstants.PW_CALLBACK_REF, myCallback);
> >
> > /*
> > myCallback is an instance of a class extending from
> > org.apache.ws.security.WSPasswordCallback .
> > You should implement it.
> > */
> >
> > Then remove the password callback class given in the client.axis2.xml
> > because there Rampart doesn't give priority to PW_CALLBAK_REF.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dimuthu.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 11:36 +0000, Sanjay Vivek wrote:
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > I'm attempting to call a simple Web Service (an Echo Service) that is
> > > protected by WS-Security UsernameToken. I'm using Axis2-1.3 and
> > Rampart
> > > 1.3. I've been looking at the samples given in the Apache Rampart
> > distro
> > > and it makes sense to me. However, in the samples given in the Rampart
> > > distro, the username is hardcoded within the OuflowSecurity element in
> >
> > > the client config file (client.axis2.xml) as shown below:
> > >
> > >     <parameter name="OutflowSecurity">
> > >       <action>
> > >               <items>UsernameToken Timestamp</items>
> > >               <user>bob</user>
> > >
> > > <passwordCallbackClass>org.apache.rampart.samples.sample02.PWCBHandler
> > </
> > > passwordCallbackClass>
> > >       </action>
> > >     </parameter>
> > >
> > >
> > > However, I want to set username/password dynamically, and I'm
> > attempting
> > > to use the ServiceClient to do just this.
> > >
> > > The code snippet below shows how I've gone about using the
> > ServiceClient
> > > to set the username and password:
> > >
> > > ConfigurationContext ctx = ConfigurationContextFactory
> > > .createConfigurationContextFromFileSystem(axis2ConfPath, null);
> > >
> > > ServiceClient client = new ServiceClient(ctx, null);
> > > OMElement payload = client.sendReceive(getPayload("Hello world"));
> > >
> > > Options options = new Options();
> > > client.engageModule(new QName("rampart"));
> > >
> > > options.setTo (targetEPR);
> > > options.setAction("urn:echo");
> > >
> > > options.setUserName("bob");
> > > options.setPassword("wspwd");
> > >
> > > client.setOptions(options);
> > > result = client.sendReceive(payload);
> > >
> > > However, the client seems to be picking up the value within the <user>
> > > element in the "OutflowSecurity" element which is defined in
> > > client.axis2.xml (from axis2ConfPath/conf). How do I override the
> > "user"
> > > value in client.axis2.xml so that the client picks up the username
> > from
> > > 'options.setUserName("bob")'? Any help would be appreciated. Cheers.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > --------------
> > > Sanjay Vivek
> > > Web Analyst
> > > Middleware Team
> > > ISS
> > > University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
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