The table below shows the types of authentication functionality. Select the functionality that best suits the purpose of your system. For functional details, see the relevant information.

Table 1-2 Authentication functionality and associated system purposes

Functionality	System purpose					Compliance with Java EE standard		Relevant information
	Rel.	Per.	Op. and maint.	Expand	Other	Std.	Extd.
Integrated user management	S	--	S	--	--	S	S	Chapter 5
Authentication by application setup	S	--	--	--	--	S	S	Chapter 6

Legend:

Rel.: Reliability

Per.: Performance

Op. and maint.: Operation and maintenance

Expand.: Expandability

Std.: Standard

Extd.: Extended

S: Supported

--: Not supported

Note: An S entered (in the same row) in both the Standard and Extended columns below Compliance with Java EE standard indicates cases where Java EE functionality has been extended to create functionality that is unique to the application server. An S entered in the Extended column next to a blank Standard column indicates cases where another functionality has been extended to create functionality that is unique to the application server.