Overview
* Performs pre- and post-processing for authentication functions, including identity assertion.
* Is a special type of security provider that primarily acts as a “helper” to an Authentication provider.
* Bridges JAAS and servlet container
ServletAuthenticationFilter Interface
* Defines the security service provider interface (SSPI) for authentication filters that can be plugged in to WebLogic Server.
* Implemented as part of Authentication provider (particularly IdP) to signal that the Authentication provider has authentication filters that it wants the servlet container to invoke during the authentication process.
References
* Oracle® Fusion Middleware Developing Security Providers for Oracle WebLogic Server 11g Release 1 (10.3.1): Servlet Authentication Filters