JACC policy context identifiers (ContextID) format

A policy context identifier is defined as a unique string that represents a policy context. A policy context contains all of the security policy statements as defined by the Java Contract for Containers (JACC) specification that affect access to the resources in a web or Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) module.

During policy propagation to the JACC provider, a PolicyConfiguration object is created for each policy context. The object is populated with the policy statements, represented by the JACC permission objects that correspond to the context. The object is propagated to the JACC provider using the JACC specification APIs.

Note: The following information is include for planning purposes and is only applicable if you intend to federate in the future.

WebSphere® Application Server makes the contextID unique by using the href:cellName/appName/moduleName string as the contextID format for the modules. The href part of the string indicates that a hierarchical name is passed as the context ID. The cellName represents the name of the deployment manager cell or the base cell where the application is installed.

The appName part of the string in the context ID represents the application name containing the module. The moduleName refers to the name of the module.

As an example, the context ID for the module Increment.jar file in an application named DefaultApplication that is installed in cell1 is the href:cell1/DefaultApplication/Increment.jar file.

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