com.ibm.websphere.objectgrid.security.plugins
Interface Credential

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClientCertificateCredential, UserPasswordCredential, WSTokenCredential

public interface Credential
extends Serializable

This interface represents a credential used by an ObjectGrid client. An instance of this class represents one client indentity. This credential will be sent to the ObjectGrid server for authentication. It should be serializable.

A credential has to implement the equals(Object) and hashCode() methods. Two Credential objects are considered equal if and only if they represent the same identity and security information. For example, if the credential contains a user ID and password. Two credentials are equal if and only if both their user IDs and passwords are equal.

ObjectGrid provides three built-in implementations for this interface:

• com.ibm.websphere.objectgrid.security.plugins.builtins.ClientCertificateCredential: A credential containing an SSL certificate chain.
• com.ibm.websphere.objectgrid.security.plugins.builtins.UserPasswordCredential: A credential containing a user ID and password pair.
• com.ibm.websphere.objectgrid.security.plugins.builtins.WSTokenCredential: A credential containing WebSphere Application Server specific authentication and authorization tokens.

Refer to the respective JavaDoc for more details.

Since:

WAS XD 6.0.1, XC10

See Also:

CredentialGenerator

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object o) Checks two Credential objects for equality.
int	hashCode() Returns the hashcode of the Credential object

Method Detail

equals

boolean equals(Object o)

Checks two Credential objects for equality.

Two Credential objects are considered equal if and only if they represent the same identity and security information.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

o - the object we are testing for equality with this object.

Returns:

true if both Credential objects are equivalent.

hashCode

int hashCode()

Returns the hashcode of the Credential object

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

the hash code of the Credential object