[jboss-user] [JBoss Seam] - Seam's Identity and Authenticator

Can someone tell me the correlation between Seam's Identity and Authenticator? It is my understanding that we can declare/override the RuleBasedIdentity as followed: @Name("org.jboss.seam.security.identity") | @Scope(ScopeType.SESSION) | @Intercept(InterceptionType.AFTER_RESTORE_VIEW) | public class MyIdentity extends RuleBasedIdentity { | ... | @Override | public String login() { | super.login(); /* Ignore outcome from super */ | | ... | return "nextPage"; | } And use it in our web page as followed: <h:commandButton value="Login" action="#{identity.login}"/> | Then I also see code using Authenticator as followed: component.xml <security:identity authenticate-method="#{authenticator.authenticate}" security-rules="#{securityRules}"/> with @Name("authenticator") | public class Authenticator { | @In | Identity identity; | | public boolean authenticate() { | ... | return true; | } | Is there an implicit correlation between these two component? Or are they mutually exclusive? Is one better than the other? Thanks for your help. -tony View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4043050#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...