Login web service
The WS-I web service LoginAPI replaces the deprecated RPCE web service ILoginAPI. However, the WS-I version of LoginAPI differs notably from the RPCE version it replaces.
The deprecated RPCE web service ILoginAPI plays a critical role
in RPCE for server authentication for subsequent method calls to the
web service. If you use the generated Java libraries and its APILocator utility class, APILocator indirectly uses ILoginAPI.
The WS-I web service LoginAPI plays no analogous role
in WS-I for server authentication. Authentication happens effectively
with each WS-I method call. PolicyCenter
provides the LoginAPI
web service to let you test your web service client explicitly for specific
authentication credentials. Call the login
method with a username and a password as type String. If authentication fails,
the login method throws
an exception.
See also