Java Reference
In-Depth Information
The JACC specification defines
java.security.Permission
classes that satisfy
the Java EE authorization model. The specification defines the binding of container-access
decisions to operations on instances of these permission classes. It defines the semantics
of policy providers that use the new permission classes to address the authorization re-
quirements of the Java EE platform, including the definition and use of roles.
The Java EE 6 platform requires JACC 1.4.
Java Authentication Service Provider Interface for Containers
The Java Authentication Service Provider Interface for Containers (JASPIC) specification
defines a service provider interface (SPI) by which authentication providers that imple-
ment message authentication mechanisms may be integrated in client or server message-
processing containers or runtimes. Authentication providers integrated through this inter-
face operate on network messages provided to them by their calling containers. The au-
thentication providers transform outgoing messages so that the source of each message
can be authenticated by the receiving container, and the recipient of the message can be
authenticated by the message sender. Authentication providers authenticate each incom-
ing message and return to their calling containers the identity established as a result of the
message authentication.
JASPIC is new to the Java EE 6 platform. The Java EE 6 platform requires JASPIC 1.0.
Java EE 6 APIs in the Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 and 7
Several APIs that are required by the Java EE 6 platform are included in the Java Platform,
Standard Edition 6 and 7 (Java SE 6 and 7) and are thus available to Java EE applications.
Java Database Connectivity API
The Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API lets you invoke SQL commands from Java
programming language methods. You use the JDBC API in an enterprise bean when you
have a session bean access the database. You can also use the JDBC API from a servlet or
a JSP page to access the database directly without going through an enterprise bean.
The JDBC API has two parts:
• An application-level interface used by the application components to access a data-
base
• A service provider interface to attach a JDBC driver to the Java EE platform
The Java SE 6 platform requires JDBC 4.0.
