Perhaps I am misusing the term 'programmatic authentication'. I don't actually intend to write any authentication code like a JAAS realm. I want to gather credentials from my user and pass them to the container. BASIC authentication is very close to what I need, but it's ugly (ex: doesn't match the rest of my application look and feel). I also need a solution that will work with adobe AIR (no browser).
Ryan
> if you enable the security manager and use container
> managed
> authentication, BASIC authentication is for free....
>
> To handle that programatically seems simpler at first
> glance, but soon
> you realize how messy it is...
>
> I strongly suggest you to delegate to Glassfish the
> security part of
> your application....
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