Interface CredentialsManager

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable

All Known Implementing Classes:

CredentialsManager.NoOpCredentialsManager, TokenCredentialsManager

public interface CredentialsManager
extends AutoCloseable

Contract to authenticate and possibly re-authenticate application components.

A typical "application component" is a connection.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static interface	CredentialsManager.AuthenticationCallback	Component authentication callback.
static class	CredentialsManager.NoOpCredentialsManager
static class	CredentialsManager.NoOpRegistration
static interface	CredentialsManager.Registration	A component registration.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final CredentialsManager	NO_OP	No-op credentials manager.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	close()	Close the credentials manager and release its resources.
CredentialsManager.Registration	register(String name, CredentialsManager.AuthenticationCallback updateCallback)	Register a component for authentication.

Field Details

NO_OP

static final CredentialsManager NO_OP

No-op credentials manager.

Method Details

register

CredentialsManager.Registration register(String name,
 CredentialsManager.AuthenticationCallback updateCallback)

Register a component for authentication.

Parameters:

name - component name (must be unique)

updateCallback - callback to update the component authentication

Returns:

the registration (must be closed when no longer necessary)

close

void close()

Close the credentials manager and release its resources.

Specified by:

close in interface AutoCloseable