Security API

Use the Security API to develop a custom authentication or authorization provider. The audience is advanced developers who are experienced in working with APIs, but who may be new to Sybase® Unwired Platform.

This guide describes the Common Security Infrastructure (CSI) component, the security framework in Sybase Unwired Platform, and how to develop a custom provider for extending the authentication and authorization functionality to use a back-end repository that is not supported by the default providers included in Sybase Unwired Platform.

• Introducing Security API
  Use the Security API to develop a custom provider. The audience is advanced developers who are experienced in working with APIs, but who may be new to Sybase Unwired Platform.
• Quick Start Task Flow
  This section provides a quick reference to information and task flows relevant to Security API.
• The Sybase Unwired Platform Security Framework
  Unwired Platform delegates the functions of storing and maintaining users and access control rules to the enterprise’s existing security solutions. It uses a plug-in model to delegate the security checks to the configured providers that uses the CSI component.
• Configuration Validation
  The provider architecture allows each configured provider to have their own namespace of configuration options.
• Internationalization in CSI
  Internationalization ensures that data integrity is maintained while passing through the CSI core.
• CSI and Provider Localization
  Message localization within the CSI core and the default providers is performed using Java resource bundles along with some internal-only helper classes.
• CSI Core Java Logging
  CSI core and its default providers use Java logging APIs.
• Error Handling for Providers
  Errors in the providers are typically reported by throwing exceptions.
• Security API Reference
  Use the Quick Start Guide and the javadoc as a Security API reference.