Package africa.absa.inception.security

Interface Credential

public interface Credential
The Credential interface represents the abstract notion of a credential, which is a piece of security information that can be used to confirm the identity of an entity, such as an individual, a corporation, a login id, etc.
Author:
Marcus Portmann

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    boolean
    equals(Object another)
    The equals method checks if the specified object is the same credential as this object.
    int
    hashCode()
    The hashCode method returns an integer hash code to represent this credential.
    String
    toString()
    Returns a string representation of this credential.

  • Method Details

    • equals

      boolean equals(Object another)
      The equals method checks if the specified object is the same credential as this object.
      Overrides:
      equals in class Object
      Parameters:
      another - the credential to compare with
      Returns:
      true if the object passed in matches the credential represented by the implementation of this interface

    • hashCode

      int hashCode()
      The hashCode method returns an integer hash code to represent this credential. It can be used to test for non-equality, or as an index key in a hash table.
      Overrides:
      hashCode in class Object
      Returns:
      an integer hash code representing the credential

    • toString

      String toString()
      Returns a string representation of this credential.
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object
      Returns:
      a string representation of this credential