com.dstc.security.kerberos.creds
Interface CredentialStore

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileCredentialStore

public interface CredentialStore

An interface to a store for Kerberos credentials.

A concrete implementation of this interface is available for compatibilty with MIT file-based credential caches

See Also:

Credential, FileCredentialStore

Method Summary

Credential	getCredential(String name) Returns the Credential valid for a specified principal
Iterator	getCredentials() Returns an Iterator to the Credentials in this store Note: to ensure thread-safety, it is necessary to synchronize on CredentialStore instance until all operations on the Iterator instance are completed.
String	getDefaultRealm() Returns the default realm for this store
String	getDefaultUser() Returns the default principal name for this store
Credential	getTGTCredential(String realm) Returns the TGT Credential (a Credential which contains a TGT) valid for a specified realm
void	put(Credential creds) Adds a supplied Credential to this store

Method Detail

put

public void put(Credential creds)

Adds a supplied Credential to this store

getCredential

public Credential getCredential(String name)

Returns the Credential valid for a specified principal

getTGTCredential

public Credential getTGTCredential(String realm)

Returns the TGT Credential (a Credential which contains a TGT) valid for a specified realm

getCredentials

public Iterator getCredentials()

Returns an Iterator to the Credentials in this store Note: to ensure thread-safety, it is necessary to synchronize on CredentialStore instance until all operations on the Iterator instance are completed. eg.

   CredentialStore credStore = ...;
   ...
   synchronized (credStore) {
     Iterator it = credStore.getCredentials();
     // perform all necessary operations on iterator
     ...
   }
 

getDefaultUser

public String getDefaultUser()

Returns the default principal name for this store

getDefaultRealm

public String getDefaultRealm()

Returns the default realm for this store