oracle.ifs.common

Interface Credential

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ChallengeResponseCredential, CleartextCredential, GssApiCredential, HttpDigestCredential, SystemUserCredential, TokenCredential, TrustedSessionCredential

public interface Credential
extends Serializable

A Credential encapsulates the information presented to a CredentialManager to authenticate a user.

A simple Credential may encapsulate only a user's name and password.

The data encapsulated by a Credential must be serializable.

Version:

1.0

Author:

David Pitfield

(Published)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getName() Gets the name of the user.
void	setName(String name) Sets the name of the user.

Method Detail

getName

String getName()
        throws IfsException

Gets the name of the user.

Returns:

the name of the user

Throws:

IfsException - (IFS-10187) if the operation fails

(Published)

setName

void setName(String name)
      throws IfsException

Sets the name of the user.

Parameters:

name - the name of the user

Throws:

IfsException - (IFS-10188) if the operation fails

(Published)