Pluggable security module framework
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 uses a pluggable module framework to implement security, providing separation of security implementation and application design. The pluggable module framework provides flexibility in application deployment, configuration, and future development. Modules implementing security functionality are plugged into the framework and provide security functions to applications. Applications plug into the security framework through security domains. Applications can be deployed in new scenarios with altered security configuration by associating them with a different security domain. New security methods can be implemented by plugging JBoss, custom-built, or third-party modules into the framework. Applications gain the security functionality of that module with no application recoding, by simple reconfiguration of the security domain.