de.intarsys.tools.authenticate

Interface ICredentialScope

All Known Implementing Classes:

GenericCredentialScope

public interface ICredentialScope

A scope where an ICredential is valid.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ICredentialSpec	getCredentialSpec() The ICredentialSpec for the ICredential required for this scope.
String	getPrompt() A prompt string that can be displayed to the user.
int	match(ICredentialScope scopes) An indicator of similarity for two scopes.

Method Detail

getCredentialSpec

ICredentialSpec getCredentialSpec()

The ICredentialSpec for the ICredential required for this scope.

Returns:

The ICredentialSpec for the ICredential required for this scope.

getPrompt

String getPrompt()

A prompt string that can be displayed to the user.

Returns:

The prompt string

match

int match(ICredentialScope scopes)

An indicator of similarity for two scopes. The higher the value, the better the match. -1 indicates no match.

Parameters:

current -

Returns: