uk.ac.soton.itinnovation.grid.client.engine
Interface AttributeSelector<T extends InvocationEngine>

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultAttributeSelector, FixedAttributeSelector

public interface AttributeSelector<T extends InvocationEngine>

Select extra security tokens. The AttributeSelector is used by the InvocationEngine to get extra security tokens for the WS-Security header when invoking a SOAP operation. It may also be used to add extra tokens to an EPR, such as a FederationContext EPR chosen by a FederationSelector.

Method Summary

Element[]

getTokens(org.apache.axis.message.addressing.EndpointReferenceType resource, RemoteMethod method, T engine) Return any additional tokens required to invoke 'target'.

Method Detail

getTokens

Element[] getTokens(org.apache.axis.message.addressing.EndpointReferenceType resource,
                    RemoteMethod method,
                    T engine)
                    throws RemoteException

Return any additional tokens required to invoke 'target'.

Parameters:

resource - the resource being used

method - the method on the resource, or null if this is not a direct invocation

engine - the requesting engine

Returns:

a list of tokens

Throws:

RemoteException