javax.security.enterprise.credential

Interface Credential

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractClearableCredential, BasicAuthenticationCredential, CallerOnlyCredential, RememberMeCredential, UsernamePasswordCredential

public interface Credential

Credential represents the credential the caller will use to authenticate.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default void	clear() Clears the credential.
default boolean	isCleared() Determines whether the credential value has been securely cleared.
default boolean	isValid() Determines whether the credential is valid.

Method Detail

isCleared

default boolean isCleared()

Determines whether the credential value has been securely cleared.

Returns:

true if the credential has been cleared, otherwise false.

clear

default void clear()

Clears the credential. For example, if the credential includes a password, this method would overwrite the password value.

isValid

default boolean isValid()

Determines whether the credential is valid. This would be called as part of the credential validation process to check the integrity of the credential, such as a signature check. This check would be self-contained, not requiring identity store access.

Returns:

true if credential has integrity.