Change Log for JSR-000196 JavaTM Authentication SPI for Containers

This page details the proposed, accepted and deferred changes to JSR 196 since the Final Release of version 1.0 of the specification.

Last updated: 5 January 2009

PROPOSED CHANGES

Changes Effecting the Entire Document

Document Identifier

• Changed identifier to Maintenance Release A. Version identifier remains unchanged at 1.0.

Changes to the “Message Authentication” Chapter

Baseline Requirements

Clarified definition of baseline compatibility requirements to more explicitly convey that the API is

intended to have more general applicability than the specific contexts of its use defined within

the specification.


Changes to the API

Principal Mapping By CallBackHandler

In javax.security.auth.message.callback.CallerPrincipalCallback, modified callback definition to

allow for principal mapping to occur during the handling of the callback by the CallbackHandler.



ACCEPTED CHANGES

 

DEFERRED CHANGES