To extend the function that is provided by the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) application programming interfaces (APIs), you can set the RunAs subject or invocation subject with a different valid entry that is used for outbound requests on this running thread.
This extension gives you the flexibility to associate the Subject with all the remote calls on this thread whether you use a WSSubject.doAs method to associate the subject with the remote action.
try { javax.security.auth.Subject runas_subject, caller_subject; runas_subject = com.ibm.websphere.security.auth.WSSubject.getRunAsSubject(); caller_subject = com.ibm.websphere.security.auth.WSSubject.getCallerSubject(); // set a new RunAs subject for the thread, overriding the one declaratively set com.ibm.websphere.security.auth.WSSubject.setRunAsSubject(caller_subject); // do some remote calls // restore back to the previous runAsSubject com.ibm.websphere.security.auth.WSSubject.setRunAsSubject(runas_subject); } catch (WSSecurityException e) { // log error } catch (Exception e) { // log error }