com.dstc.security.kerberos.creds
Interface KeyTab

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileKeyTab

public interface KeyTab

An interface to a Kerberos keytab.

A KeyTab is a keyed (according to owning Principal) table of Kerberos keys.

A concrete implementation is available for compatibility with MIT file-based keytabs.

See Also:

FileKeyTab, KeyTabEntry

Method Summary

Iterator	getKeyTabEntries() Returns an Iterator for all KeyTabEntrys in this KeyTab Note: to ensure thread-safety, it is necessary to synchronize on KeyTab instance until all operations on the Iterator instance are completed.
KeyTabEntry	getKeyTabEntry(String name) Returns a KeyTabEntry for a given principal
String	getKeyTabType() Returns the key tab type for this KeyTab

Method Detail

getKeyTabEntry

public KeyTabEntry getKeyTabEntry(String name)

Returns a KeyTabEntry for a given principal

getKeyTabEntries

public Iterator getKeyTabEntries()

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

   KeyTab keytab = ...;
   ...
   synchronized (keytab) {
     Iterator it = keytab.getKeyTabEntries();
     // perform all necessary operations on iterator
     ...
   }
 

getKeyTabType

public String getKeyTabType()

Returns the key tab type for this KeyTab