[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (ELY-160) Client authentication configuration by task

[David Lloyd (JIRA)]

David Lloyd created ELY-160:
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             Summary: Client authentication configuration by task
                 Key: ELY-160
                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/ELY-160
             Project: WildFly Elytron
          Issue Type: Task
          Components: API / SPI
            Reporter: David Lloyd
            Assignee: David Lloyd
             Fix For: 1.0.0.Beta1


The authentication client needs support for multiple tasks, such as:

* {{connection}} - the authentication configuration applies to the connection itself
* {{request}} - the authentication configuration applies to activities interacting with services provided by the named peer
* {{*}} - the authentication configuration applies to all matching tasks

In this way, one can specify a separate configuration for initial connections versus normal requests on that connection.

Furthermore, a new authentication configuration type should then be added which allows a task configuration to be inherited to another task.  For example:

* {{useConfiguration("<referenced-task>"}} - could specify that my current authentication configuration for the matched task should use the configuration assigned to the referenced task, for example "connection", which would in turn mean that the connection credentials should be used (whatever they may be) for the given task/match criteria.

This allows a simple default configuration which allows connection credentials to be used whenever they are available.



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