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Aaron Mulder commented on GERONIMO-1930:
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Right now you can't add new login module types to the console dynamically.  We 
have to manually configure each type of login module that a user should be able 
to select/configure in the security realm screen in the console.

It would be better if there was a GBean that represented a login module type, 
like we now have for database drivers, etc.  That way, if someone develops a 
new login module, they can distribute it in a plugin that includes one of the 
GBeans described here, and then anyone who installs that can use the console to 
create/configure login modules of that type for their security realms.

So the GBean should have properties like the friendly name of this type of 
login module, the implementation class name, a list of possible configuration 
properties (with type, description, and required flag for each), and so on.  
Then the console can build a list of login modules dynamically and build the 
screens for whatever the user selects (though perhaps still supporting an 
override flag, e.g. the current DB module uses a special screen rather than 
dynamically building one).

Then we'd change the console to include GBeans of this type for the standard 
login module types (DB, LDAP, properties file, etc.).

> Make security realm types into GBeans so they can be added in new/updated 
> configurations
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>                 Key: GERONIMO-1930
>                 URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-1930
>             Project: Geronimo
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>      Security Level: public(Regular issues) 
>          Components: console, security
>    Affects Versions: 1.1
>            Reporter: Aaron Mulder
>             Fix For: 1.x
>
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