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Java Agent API

Use the Java Agent API to build a custom agent for enforcing access control and for managing user sessions. Enforcing access control consists of the following:

• User authentication
• User authorization
• Auditing

When using the Java Agent API, code your agent in Java. The Agent API performs the connection to the Policy Server.

The SiteMinder Java Agent API has two implementations:

• The JNI Java Agent API, which relies on the native C/C++ Agent API libraries. This implementation uses the interface presented in the SiteMinder SDK, versions 5.x and later.
• The pure Java Agent API, which replaces the native code used in the JNI Java Agent API with pure Java components. The present version of this API uses the same interface as the JNI Java Agent API.

Because there are no native-mode components, the pure Java Agent API is highly portable to new operating environments. Applications written using the pure Java implementation require certification only against the Java Virtual Machine hosting the implementation, rather than against individual operating systems.

Important! To use the pure Java API, your Java JCE must be unlimited strength jurisdiction. You can download the files from Sun at the following URL:

http://java.sun.com/products/jce/javase.html#UnlimitedDownload.