Package org.eclipse.equinox.security.auth.credentials

Interface IPublicCredential

All Superinterfaces:

Principal

public interface IPublicCredential
extends Principal

This interface describes public credentials added by the Equinox login modules.

This interface should not be extended by clients.

See Also:

• Subject.getPublicCredentials()

Restriction:

This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Principal	getPrimaryRole()	Returns user's primary role, if set.
String	getProviderID()	ID of the provider of this public credential.
Principal[]	getRoles()	Returns user's roles.

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal

equals, getName, hashCode, implies, toString

Method Details

getPrimaryRole

Principal getPrimaryRole()

Returns user's primary role, if set. Might return null if primary role is not set.

Returns:

user's primary role. Returns null if there is no primary role.

getRoles

Principal[] getRoles()

Returns user's roles. Might return null if there are no roles.

Returns:

user's roles. Returns null if there are no roles.

getProviderID

String getProviderID()

ID of the provider of this public credential.

Returns:

provider ID