CredentialsProvider (RabbitMQ Java Client 5.11.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultCredentialsProvider, OAuth2ClientCredentialsGrantCredentialsProvider, RefreshProtectedCredentialsProvider
```
public interface CredentialsProvider
```
Provider interface for establishing credentials for connecting to the broker. Especially useful for situations where credentials might expire or change before a recovery takes place or where it is convenient to plug in an outside custom implementation.

Since:

5.2.0

See Also:

CredentialsRefreshService

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getPassword()`	Password/secret/token to use for authentication
`default Duration`	`getTimeBeforeExpiration()`	The time before the credentials expire, if they do expire.
`String`	`getUsername()`	Username to use for authentication
`default void`	`refresh()`	Instructs the provider to refresh or renew credentials.

- Method Detail
  - getUsername
```
String getUsername()
```
    Username to use for authentication
    
    Returns:
    
    username
  - getPassword
```
String getPassword()
```
    Password/secret/token to use for authentication
    
    Returns:
    
    password/secret/token
  - getTimeBeforeExpiration
```
default Duration getTimeBeforeExpiration()
```
    The time before the credentials expire, if they do expire.
    If credentials do not expire, must return null. Default behavior is to return null, assuming credentials never expire.
    
    Returns:
    
    time before expiration
  - refresh
```
default void refresh()
```
    Instructs the provider to refresh or renew credentials.
    Default behavior is no-op.