Hello all. What is the best way to configure the SecurityProvider for the SimpleAuthenticationHandler? I know that I need to set it in the message context, and that it needs to be set before the SAH gets called.
One way I can think of is to create a handler that performs my authentication by duplicating the SimpleAuthenticationHandler and performing my own authentication. But duplication of functionality should always be avoided. I can also conceive of a way where I make a handler chain, where the first link in the chain is a service provider configuration handler (where I set the service provider into the message context) and then have the simple authentication handler be the next link. However, this feels awkward to me: any time that a configuration solution takes more work then an incorrect solution (probably above) just discourages proper usage. I'm assuming that there is a way to declaratively configure the service provider, either through the service-config.wsdd or through the AxisServlet's init params. Is this possible? I've researched the mailing lists and gotten a couple of hits. Unfortunately, none of the previous questions have ever been answered: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=axis-user&m=102686051224514&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=axis-user&m=108180800721507&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=axis-user&m=109364005730437&w=2 (the dev list wasn't much help either) So, what is the best way to configure the security provider for the SimpleAuthenticationHandler? Thanks JDG --- Jay Glanville
