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1.4. Using Security Elements and Attributes
- The <component><service> and <component><reference> security Attribute
- Component Services and Component References can specify an optional sy:security attribute. This attribute points to a named <security> element in the domain section. If not defined, use the default value.
- The callbackHandler Attribute
- This is an optional attribute. If not specified, use the default value of
org.switchyard.security.callback.NamePasswordCallbackHandler. - The name Attribute
- This is an optional attribute. If not specified, use the default value of default. Component Services and Component References point to this name.
- The rolesAllowed Attribute
- This is an optional attribute. If specified, and if a Service has an authorization security policy requirement, the authenticated user must be in one of the roles listed.
- The runAs Attribute
- This is an optional attribute. If specified, add the value of this attribute as a role to the authenticated user.
- The securityDomain Attribute
- This is an optional attribute. If not specified, use the default value.
- The <properties> and <property> Elements
- A <security> element can optionally specify a <properties> element, which can optionally specify zero to many <property> elements. Each <property> element has two required attributes: name and value. The list of specified name/value properties are made available to the SwitchYard Security configuration, as well as the configured callbackHandler.
- The <securities> Element
- This is an optional element. Contains any number of <security> elements. If not defined, use the default security configuration.
- The <security> Element
- This is an optional element. If not specified, the callbackHandler, name, and securityDomain attributes will fallback to their default values.

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