org.jasig.portal.security
Interface IOpaqueCredentials

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

NotSoOpaqueCredentials

All Known Implementing Classes:

ChainingSecurityContext.ChainingOpaqueCredentials

public interface IOpaqueCredentials
extends Serializable

Our OpaqueCredentials interface stores password or passphrase information for authentication. The same structure stores information that can potentially be used post-authentication to keep Kerberos TGT's or other useful security context authenticators.

Version:

$Revision: 19776 $

Author:

Andrew Newman, newman@yale.edu

Method Summary

void	setCredentials(byte[] credentials) Set the credentials value.
void	setCredentials(String credentials) Set the credentials value.

Method Detail

setCredentials

void setCredentials(byte[] credentials)

Set the credentials value.

Parameters:

credentials - A string of bytes that represents an authenticator.

setCredentials

void setCredentials(String credentials)

Set the credentials value.

Parameters:

credentials - A Java String that contains an authenticator such as a passphrase that is typically represented by a locale-specific text string.