authenticate()

Performs the custom authentication and returns the authentication result.

SiteMinder calls this method at least twice—to establish user context and to authenticate the user’s credentials.

init()

Performs any initialization procedures that the authentication scheme requires. SiteMinder calls this method once for each authentication scheme instance, when the authentication scheme is loaded.

query()

Provides SiteMinder with either of the following kinds of information, depending on the value SiteMinder passes in the reason parameter (object SmAuthQueryCode):

The version and description of the authentication scheme.

The kind of credentials that SiteMinder should collect from the user, and optionally, the URL for the site where credentials should be collected.

release()

Performs any rundown procedures that the authentication scheme requires. SiteMinder calls this method once for each authentication scheme instance, when SiteMinder is shutting down.