[security-dev] Supporting different credential types from a single authentication endpoint

[Bill Burke]

JAX-RS can dispatch based on Content-Type of incoming message.

@Path("/authenticate")
public class Resource {

@POST
@Consumes("type1/type1")
public void postType1(CredType1 cred) {
}

@POST
@Consumes("type2/type2")
public void postType2(CredType2 cred) {
}

@POST
@Consumes("type3/type3")
public void postType3(CredType3 cred) {
}

}



On 6/6/2013 8:37 PM, Pedro Igor Silva wrote:
> Hi,
>
>      I would like to create a generic authentication endpoint using JAX-RS (with a single @Path for authentication) to support multiple credentials. Each credential type may have its own payload format, so I need to convert the payload to the correct implementation before authenticating.
>
>      Do I have to use @Provider for this "dynamic" behavior ? Or there is a more easy way to achieve that ?
>
>      What about using custom mime types for each credential type ?
>
> Thanks.
> Pedro Igor
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