de.intarsys.tools.authenticate

Interface ICredentialProvider

All Known Subinterfaces:

ICredentialStore

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicCredentialProvider, CompositeCredentialProvider, FilteredCredentialStore

public interface ICredentialProvider

Provide an ICredential for authentication.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	acceptCredentialScope(ICredentialScope scope) true if this provider can provide ICredential instances for the scope.
ICredential	getCredential(ICredentialScope scope) An ICredential or null to indicate cancellation. scope indicates the scope where the ICredential must be valid. scope may be null.

Method Detail

acceptCredentialScope

boolean acceptCredentialScope(ICredentialScope scope)

true if this provider can provide ICredential instances for the scope.

Parameters:

scope -

Returns:

getCredential

ICredential getCredential(ICredentialScope scope)

An ICredential or null to indicate cancellation. scope indicates the scope where the ICredential must be valid. scope may be null.

Parameters:

scope - TODO

Returns:

An ICredential or null to indicate cancellation.