# JAAS Cheat Sheet — commit()

> Once the users credentials are successfully verified during login(), the JAAS authentication framework associates the credentials, as needed, with the subject.

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## Knowledge

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Once the users credentials are successfully verified during login(), the JAAS authentication framework associates the credentials, as needed, with the subject.

There are two types of credentials, Public and Private

Public credentials include public keys. Private credentials include passwords and public keys.

Principals (i.e. Identities the subject has other than their login name) such as employee number or membership ID in a user group are added to the subject.

Below, is an example commit() method where first, for each group the authenticated user has membership in, the group name is added as a principal to the subject. The subject's username is then added to their public credentials.

Code snippet setting then adding any principals and a public credentials to a subject

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```java
public boolean commit() {
    If (userAuthenticated) {
        Set groups = UserService.findGroups (username);
        for (Iterator itr = groups.iterator (); itr.hasNext (); {
            String groupName = (String) itr.next ();
            UserGroupPrincipal group = new UserGroupPrincipal (GroupName);
            subject.getPrincipals ().add (group);
        }
        UsernameCredential cred = new UsernameCredential (username);
        subject.getPublicCredentials().add (cred);
    }
}
```

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