Package jade.security

Interface Credentials

  • All Superinterfaces:
    Serializable, Serializable
    public interface Credentials
extends Serializable
    This is a collection of Objects that can be used in order to get privileges to perform an action or access a service.
    Version:
    $Date$ $Revision$
    Author:
    Giosue Vitaglione - TILAB

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      Credentials decode​(byte[] enc)
      Returns a new Credentials from the encoded information.
      Enumeration elements()
      Used to retrieve all the contained credentials.
      byte[] encode()
      Encode the Credentials into a byte array, so that it can be transported in an ACLMessage.
      JADEPrincipal getOwner()
      Look into the various credentials, if there is one that certify the ownership for this credentials, return the JADEPrincipal of the owner.

    • Method Detail

      • elements

        Enumeration elements()
        Used to retrieve all the contained credentials.

      • getOwner

        JADEPrincipal getOwner()
        Look into the various credentials, if there is one that certify the ownership for this credentials, return the JADEPrincipal of the owner. Otherwise return null.

      • encode

        byte[] encode()
       throws IOException
        Encode the Credentials into a byte array, so that it can be transported in an ACLMessage. The encoding format is: Credential class | Encoding size | Encoding
        Throws:
        IOException