Re: WebService Authentication

Mike Schrag wrote:
> WOSessions do actually work with WOWebServices (we use them in our app) 
> ... I talk about in the Wikibook entry on being a Web Service Provider 
> at the bottom.
> 
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:WebObjects/Web_Services/Web_Service_Provider
> 
> However, due to bugs in Axis, your clients will need to use a modified 
> Axis.  I have not reverified this with Axis2, though, so maybe things 
> don't suck for Cookies in Axis2.  If you are not in control of your web 
> service clients, though, you'll probably have to go the route of 
> actually passing around a session ID manually.  Even with this route, I 
> suspect you can make WOSession work properly by restoring the session 
> yourself based on that session ID.
> 
> ms
> 
> On May 8, 2006, at 11:35 AM, Kristof Cossement wrote:
> 
>> *I am looking for a way to authenticate webservices in webobjects.*
>> *The webservices that come with webobjects do not provide information 
>> about the invoking user.*
>> *
>> *
>> *Invoking a webservice in webobjects does not instantiate a Session 
>> object, so I cannot work with a session/authentication mechanism.*
>> *Does anyone have an idea how to set up an authentication mechanism ?*
>> *
>> *
>> *Does someone have experience with using **WSS4J in WebObjects?*
>>
>>

you could also take a look at the interface:
com.webobjects.webservices.support.WOSecurityDelegate

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