Security in J2EE

The J2EE specification takes a pragmatic approach to security by focusing primarily on authorization within the J2EE environment and integration with security features that already exist in the enterprise.

You have already seen the J2EE design philosophy of separating roles with the development lifecycle identifying code developers, application assemblers, deployers, and administrators. The J2EE security supports this role-based model by using two forms of security:

  • Declarative security is defined within the application's deployment descriptor (DD) and authorizes access to J2EE components, such as Web pages, servlets, EJBs, and so on. End user tools, such as the J2EE RI deploytool, support declarative security.

  • Programmatic security ...

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