uPortal 2.4.1
API Documentation

org.jasig.portal.security
Interface IOpaqueCredentials

All Superinterfaces:
java.io.Serializable
All Known Subinterfaces:
NotSoOpaqueCredentials

public interface IOpaqueCredentials
extends java.io.Serializable

Our OpaqueCredentials interface stores password or passphrase information for authentication. The same structure stores information that can potentially be used post-authentication to keep Kerberos TGT's or other useful security context authenticators.

Version:
$Revision: 1.3 $
Author:
Andrew Newman, newman@yale.edu

Method Summary
 void setCredentials(byte[] credentials)
          Set the credentials value.
 void setCredentials(java.lang.String credentials)
          Set the credentials value.
 

Method Detail

setCredentials

public void setCredentials(byte[] credentials)
Set the credentials value.

Parameters:
credentials - A string of bytes that represents an authenticator.

setCredentials

public void setCredentials(java.lang.String credentials)
Set the credentials value.

Parameters:
credentials - A Java String that contains an authenticator such as a passphrase that is typically represented by a locale-specific text string.

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