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The Java EE 8 Security API

The Java EE 8 Security API

From the course: Java EE 8: JavaServer Faces JSF 2.3

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The Java EE 8 Security API

- [Instructor] Java EE has always had a focus in security. If you've been working with this platform for some time, you probably have heard about JACC. That's the Java Authorization Contract for Containers. JSPIC, that's Jaspic, that's the JAVA Authentication Service Provider Interface for Containers. And any other number of alphabet soup-based components and specifications in the platform. The problem was that many of these components and subsystems weren't integrated. With all the config files, CDI, and so forth, there was a lot of fragmentation in the security landscape of Java EE. Well, Java EE Eight put an end to all that with Soteria. With Soteria, you had a single entry point into everything security-related in your Java EE application. No need to deal with multiple specifications and APIs. Just a single streamlined, integrated, and federated API to easily handle all your security needs. With Soteria, almost everything…

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