Defining security roles for enterprise applications (J2EE 1.4)

You can use the application deployment descriptor editor to define security roles for your enterprise applications.

About this task

A security role is a logical grouping of principals. Access to operations (such as EJB methods) is controlled by granting access to a role. You can grant access to users individually or in groups.

For each security role that you define in the deployment descriptor editor, a <security-role> element is added to the application.xml file.

Procedure

  1. In the Enterprise Explorer view of the Java™ EE perspective, right-click the deployment descriptor for your enterprise application project and select Open With > Deployment Descriptor Editor to open the application deployment descriptor editor.
  2. On the Security page of the editor, click Add.
  3. Type a name and description for the new role and click Finish.

What to do next

To remove a security role, select the role and click Remove.


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