[undertow-dev] Reducing Use of Undertow IdentityManager

[Darran Lofthouse]

On 02/06/13 23:58, Stuart Douglas wrote:
> I have been thinking about this all weekend, and I am still not really
> sure what the best way to handle this is. For now I think I will merge
> Darran's PR with the cut down IDM and see how that works out. I think
> that once we have a few custom authentication mechanisms it will be a
> lot clearer if a more full featured IDM interface would help, and if so
> what form it should take.

Once I finish off some of these Undertow tasks I am also going to be 
moving onto JBoss SASL which has some changes needed for WildFly and as 
I mentioned in my last e-mail is another area with a need for some form 
of IdentityManager API/SPI without a specific dependence on an 
implementation.

Maybe even PicketLink can provide this bare API/SPI as a separate module 
with no implementation.  This should also benefit the PicketLink project 
if there is a PicketLink 3 an isolated API should make it possible to 
upgrade in WildFly without every component needing to be made compatible 
with the next PicketLink version.

FYI for those that haven't seen what was PicketLink 3 has now become 
PicketLink 2.5.

Regards,
Darran Lofthouse.