com.ibm.portal.portlet.service.credentialvault.credentials
Interface SimplePassiveCredential

All Superinterfaces:

Credential, PassiveCredential

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimplePassiveCredential

public interface SimplePassiveCredential
extends PassiveCredential

Simple standard implementation of PassiveCredential. This credential is only a container of the user's secret. Portlets may call the getSecret() method in order to obtain and work with this secret.

Since:

5.1.0.1

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.ibm.portal.portlet.service.credentialvault.credentials.Credential

KEY_CREDENTIAL_SECRET

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getSecret() Returns the user's secret as an object.
int	getSecretType() Returns the credential's Secret Type in terms of the constants declared in the Credential Vault Portlet Service. Should be overwritten by any child class that "overwrites" the secret attribute.
void	init(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> config) Initializes a new SimplePassiveCredential.

Methods inherited from interface com.ibm.portal.portlet.service.credentialvault.credentials.PassiveCredential

isActive

Method Detail

init

void init(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> config)
          throws CredentialVaultException

Initializes a new SimplePassiveCredential.

Specified by:

init in interface Credential

Parameters:

config - The configuration needed to initialize this credential:

• KEY_CREDENTIAL_SECRET JavaObjectCredentialSecret - the credential's secret (mandatory)

Throws:

CredentialVaultException - If any mandatory parameter is missing or has a wrong object type as value.

getSecretType

int getSecretType()

Description copied from interface: Credential

Returns the credential's Secret Type in terms of the constants declared in the Credential Vault Portlet Service.
Should be overwritten by any child class that "overwrites" the secret attribute.

Specified by:

getSecretType in interface Credential

Returns:

int Credential Secret Type Identifier

See Also:

CredentialVaultService

getSecret

java.lang.Object getSecret()

Returns the user's secret as an object.

Returns:

Object the user secret