A.0 Revisions

This section outlines all the changes that have been made to the Access Manager SDK documentation (in reverse chronological order).

August 2012

Made the following changes in LDAP Server Plug-in:

  • Changed the code under section 3.3 Directory Plug-In.

  • Replaced nidp.jar with NAMCommon.jar.

  • Replaced com.novell.nidp.common.authority.ldap.jndi.LDAPStorePlugin with com.novell.nam.common.ldap.jndi.LDAPStorePlugin.

Added table 4-4 Configuration Parameters for an External Attribute Source Policy

Added the 'External Attribute Source Policy' references in sections 4.1.2, 4.3.1, and 4.4.1.

Added a new section: 4.5 Sample Codes.

Fixed broken links.

Changed the template to NetIQ.

February 2012

Removed Appendix A, “Identity Injection Java Plug-In. This API has been deprecated. Modified the tomcat paths for Linux and added paths for Windows.

November 2009

Removed two unsupported LocalClassAuthentication methods (showErrorJSP and getIDPProviders) from the manual.

March 2009

Split the SDK into two SDKs, one for Access Manager 3.0.4 and one for Access Manager 3.1.

January 2009

Added information on how to use the policy extension API. This new feature is only available in Access Manager 3.1. For more information, see Section 4.0, The Policy Extension API.

Deprecated the Identity Injection Java Plug-In interface (Appendix A, “Identity Injection Java Plug-In). It has been replaced by the policy extension API in Access Manager 3.1.

July 2008

Added information about the LDAP server plug-in that you can create to extend the directory types that the Identity Server supports for user stores. See Section 3.0, LDAP Server Plug-In.

April 2008

Added information about the doAuthenticate() method that was added in Access Manager 3.0 SP3 and takes advantage of secret store unlocking. See Section 2.3.2, The doAuthenticate Method.

October 10, 2007

Added information about additional methods and grouped the methods. Added information about localizing an authentication class. See Section 2.0, Identity Server Authentication API.

Added a section on how to design a plug-in. (Section A.4, “Designing the Plug-In,”).

May 14, 2007

Added Section 2.0, Identity Server Authentication API.

December 6, 2006

Added the component to the Novell Developer Kit as an Early Access (unsupported) document.