[security-dev] IDM API/Implementation

[Anil Saldhana]

Hi all,
   (Shane will add more info to this thread soon)

Shane has been driving the standalone IDM API/Implementation project in 
the PicketLink umbrella. This is a brand new project.
https://github.com/picketlink/picketlink-idm

The Key classes/interfaces are:
https://github.com/picketlink/picketlink-idm/blob/master/api/src/main/java/org/jboss/picketlink/idm/IdentityManager.java
https://github.com/picketlink/picketlink-idm/blob/master/api/src/main/java/org/jboss/picketlink/idm/model/IdentityType.java

The Manager has a simple api for user/role/group.  Now each of these 
types (User,Role,Group) is an IdentityType (implying they get attributes).

So for an user, if you want to store/retrieve/represent certificates, 
password recovery Qs, you can do so as attributes.

Currently implementation is done using JPA.

There is plan to do an LDAP implementation.

Regards,
Anil