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Policy Store Objects

Interface SmPolicyApi is implemented by the class SmPolicyApiImpl. Use this class as the starting point for the Policy Management API. Each policy store object is associated with a class in the Policy Management API. You create and manage policy store objects through the methods in an object’s class.

Policy store objects can be classified according to scope:

• Domain objects are visible only within the domain. They cannot be shared between domains.
• Global objects are visible across all domains.

  Global objects are sometimes called system objects.

Global objects include:

• Administrators
• Agent types
• Agents and agent groups
• Agent Configuration objects
• Host Configuration objects
• Trusted Hosts
• Authentication schemes
• Authentication/authorization maps
• Certificate maps
• Domains
• ODBC query schemes
• Password policies
• Registration schemes
• User directories

Domain objects include:

• Policies
• Realms
• Responses and response groups
• Response attributes
• Rules and rule groups
• User policies

When you are working in the Policy Server user interface, you will see most of the above objects listed in the System and Domain tabs of the SiteMinder Administration window.

Note: Descriptions in the Javadoc reference specify whether an object has global scope or domain scope.