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Request Context Variables

Each request processed by SOA Security Manager establishes a request context. This context identifies the following:

Action

Indicates the type of action specified in the request, such as GET or POST.

Resource

Indicates the requested resource, such as /directory_name/.

Server

Indicates the full server name specified in the request, such as server.example.com.

A request context variable may capture any of this information and make it available for inclusion in a policy expression or response. The key benefit of this type of variable is to provide fine-grained request context information without any programming logic.