*
* Credentials are instantiated using one of the
* createCredential methods in the {@link GSSManager
* GSSManager} class. GSS-API credential creation is not
* intended to provide a "login to the network" function, as such a
* function would involve the creation of new credentials rather than
* merely acquiring a handle to existing credentials. The
* section on credential
* acquisition in the package level description describes
* how existing credentials are acquired in the Java platform. GSS-API
* implementations must impose a local access-control policy on callers to
* prevent unauthorized callers from acquiring credentials to which they
* are not entitled.
* * Applications will create a credential object passing the desired * parameters. The application can then use the query methods to obtain * specific information about the instantiated credential object. * When the credential is no longer needed, the application should call * the {@link #dispose() dispose} method to release any resources held by * the credential object and to destroy any cryptographically sensitive * information.
* * This example code demonstrates the creation of a GSSCredential * implementation for a specific entity, querying of its fields, and its * release when it is no longer needed:
*
* GSSManager manager = GSSManager.getInstance();
*
* // start by creating a name object for the entity
* GSSName name = manager.createName("myusername", GSSName.NT_USER_NAME);
*
* // now acquire credentials for the entity
* GSSCredential cred = manager.createCredential(name,
* GSSCredential.ACCEPT_ONLY);
*
* // display credential information - name, remaining lifetime,
* // and the mechanisms it has been acquired over
* System.out.println(cred.getName().toString());
* System.out.println(cred.getRemainingLifetime());
*
* Oid [] mechs = cred.getMechs();
* if (mechs != null) {
* for (int i = 0; i < mechs.length; i++)
* System.out.println(mechs[i].toString());
* }
*
* // release system resources held by the credential
* cred.dispose();
*
*
* @see GSSManager#createCredential(int)
* @see GSSManager#createCredential(GSSName, int, Oid, int)
* @see GSSManager#createCredential(GSSName, int, Oid[], int)
* @see #dispose()
*
* @author Mayank Upadhyay
* @since 1.4
*/
public interface GSSCredential extends Cloneable{
/**
* Credential usage flag requesting that it be usable
* for both context initiation and acceptance.
*
*/
public static final int INITIATE_AND_ACCEPT = 0;
/**
* Credential usage flag requesting that it be usable
* for context initiation only.
*
*/
public static final int INITIATE_ONLY = 1;
/**
* Credential usage flag requesting that it be usable
* for context acceptance only.
*
*/
public static final int ACCEPT_ONLY = 2;
/**
* A lifetime constant representing the default credential lifetime. This
* value it set to 0.
*/
public static final int DEFAULT_LIFETIME = 0;
/**
* A lifetime constant representing indefinite credential lifetime.
* This value must is set to the maximum integer value in Java -
* {@link java.lang.Integer#MAX_VALUE Integer.MAX_VALUE}.
*/
public static final int INDEFINITE_LIFETIME = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
/**
* Releases any sensitive information that the GSSCredential object may
* be containing. Applications should call this method as soon as the
* credential is no longer needed to minimize the time any sensitive
* information is maintained.
*
* @throws GSSException containing the following
* major error codes:
* {@link GSSException#FAILURE GSSException.FAILURE}
*/
public void dispose() throws GSSException;
/**
* Retrieves the name of the entity that the credential asserts.
*
* @return a GSSName representing the entity
*
* @throws GSSException containing the following
* major error codes:
* {@link GSSException#FAILURE GSSException.FAILURE}
*/
public GSSName getName() throws GSSException;
/**
* Retrieves a Mechanism Name of the entity that the credential
* asserts. This is equivalent to calling {@link
* GSSName#canonicalize(Oid) canonicalize} on the value returned by
* the other form of {@link #getName() getName}.
*
* @param mech the Oid of the mechanism for which the Mechanism Name
* should be returned.
* @return a GSSName representing the entity canonicalized for the
* desired mechanism
*
* @throws GSSException containing the following
* major error codes:
* {@link GSSException#BAD_MECH GSSException.BAD_MECH},
* {@link GSSException#FAILURE GSSException.FAILURE}
*/
public GSSName getName(Oid mech) throws GSSException;
/**
* Returns the remaining lifetime in seconds for a credential. The
* remaining lifetime is the minimum lifetime amongst all of the underlying
* mechanism specific credential elements.
*
* @return the minimum remaining lifetime in seconds for this
* credential. A return value of {@link #INDEFINITE_LIFETIME
* INDEFINITE_LIFETIME} indicates that the credential does
* not expire. A return value of 0 indicates that the credential is
* already expired.
*
* @see #getRemainingInitLifetime(Oid)
* @see #getRemainingAcceptLifetime(Oid)
*
* @throws GSSException containing the following
* major error codes:
* {@link GSSException#FAILURE GSSException.FAILURE}
*/
public int getRemainingLifetime() throws GSSException;
/**
* Returns the lifetime in seconds for the credential to remain capable
* of initiating security contexts using the specified mechanism. This
* method queries the initiator credential element that belongs to the
* specified mechanism.
*
* @return the number of seconds remaining in the life of this credential
* element. A return value of {@link #INDEFINITE_LIFETIME
* INDEFINITE_LIFETIME} indicates that the credential element does not
* expire. A return value of 0 indicates that the credential element is
* already expired.
*
* @param mech the Oid of the mechanism whose intiator credential element
* should be queried.
*
* @throws GSSException containing the following
* major error codes:
* {@link GSSException#BAD_MECH GSSException.BAD_MECH},
* {@link GSSException#FAILURE GSSException.FAILURE}
*/
public int getRemainingInitLifetime(Oid mech) throws GSSException;
/**
* Returns the lifetime in seconds for the credential to remain capable
* of accepting security contexts using the specified mechanism. This
* method queries the acceptor credential element that belongs to the
* specified mechanism.
*
* @return the number of seconds remaining in the life of this credential
* element. A return value of {@link #INDEFINITE_LIFETIME
* INDEFINITE_LIFETIME} indicates that the credential element does not
* expire. A return value of 0 indicates that the credential element is
* already expired.
*
* @param mech the Oid of the mechanism whose acceptor credential element
* should be queried.
*
* @throws GSSException containing the following
* major error codes:
* {@link GSSException#BAD_MECH GSSException.BAD_MECH},
* {@link GSSException#FAILURE GSSException.FAILURE}
*/
public int getRemainingAcceptLifetime(Oid mech) throws GSSException;
/**
* Returns the credential usage mode. In other words, it
* tells us if this credential can be used for initiating or accepting
* security contexts. It does not tell us which mechanism(s) has to be
* used in order to do so. It is expected that an application will allow
* the GSS-API to pick a default mechanism after calling this method.
*
* @return The return value will be one of {@link #INITIATE_ONLY
* INITIATE_ONLY}, {@link #ACCEPT_ONLY ACCEPT_ONLY}, and {@link
* #INITIATE_AND_ACCEPT INITIATE_AND_ACCEPT}.
*
* @throws GSSException containing the following
* major error codes:
* {@link GSSException#FAILURE GSSException.FAILURE}
*/
public int getUsage() throws GSSException;
/**
* Returns the credential usage mode for a specific mechanism. In other
* words, it tells us if this credential can be used
* for initiating or accepting security contexts with a given underlying
* mechanism.
*
* @return The return value will be one of {@link #INITIATE_ONLY
* INITIATE_ONLY}, {@link #ACCEPT_ONLY ACCEPT_ONLY}, and {@link
* #INITIATE_AND_ACCEPT INITIATE_AND_ACCEPT}.
* @param mech the Oid of the mechanism whose credentials usage mode is
* to be determined.
*
* @throws GSSException containing the following
* major error codes:
* {@link GSSException#BAD_MECH GSSException.BAD_MECH},
* {@link GSSException#FAILURE GSSException.FAILURE}
*/
public int getUsage(Oid mech) throws GSSException;
/**
* Returns a list of mechanisms supported by this credential. It does
* not tell us which ones can be used to initiate
* contexts and which ones can be used to accept contexts. The
* application must call the {@link #getUsage(Oid) getUsage} method with
* each of the returned Oid's to determine the possible modes of
* usage.
*
* @return an array of Oid's corresponding to the supported mechanisms.
*
* @throws GSSException containing the following
* major error codes:
* {@link GSSException#FAILURE GSSException.FAILURE}
*/
public Oid[] getMechs() throws GSSException;
/**
* Adds a mechanism specific credential-element to an existing
* credential. This method allows the construction of credentials, one
* mechanism at a time.* * This routine is envisioned to be used mainly by context acceptors * during the creation of acceptor credentials which are to be used * with a variety of clients using different security mechanisms.
*
* This routine adds the new credential element "in-place". To add the
* element in a new credential, first call clone to obtain a
* copy of this credential, then call its add method.
*
* As always, GSS-API implementations must impose a local access-control
* policy on callers to prevent unauthorized callers from acquiring
* credentials to which they are not entitled.
*
* Non-default values for initLifetime and acceptLifetime cannot always
* be honored by the underlying mechanisms, thus callers should be
* prepared to call {@link #getRemainingInitLifetime(Oid)
* getRemainingInitLifetime} and {@link #getRemainingAcceptLifetime(Oid)
* getRemainingAcceptLifetime} on the credential.
*
* @param name the name of the principal for whom this credential is to
* be acquired. Use null to specify the default
* principal.
* @param initLifetime the number of seconds that the credential element
* should remain valid for initiating of security contexts. Use {@link
* GSSCredential#INDEFINITE_LIFETIME GSSCredential.INDEFINITE_LIFETIME}
* to request that the credentials have the maximum permitted lifetime
* for this. Use {@link GSSCredential#DEFAULT_LIFETIME
* GSSCredential.DEFAULT_LIFETIME} to request default credential lifetime
* for this.
* @param acceptLifetime the number of seconds that the credential
* element should remain valid for accepting security contexts. Use {@link
* GSSCredential#INDEFINITE_LIFETIME GSSCredential.INDEFINITE_LIFETIME}
* to request that the credentials have the maximum permitted lifetime
* for this. Use {@link GSSCredential#DEFAULT_LIFETIME
* GSSCredential.DEFAULT_LIFETIME} to request default credential lifetime
* for this.
* @param mech the mechanism over which the credential is to be acquired.
* @param usage the usage mode that this credential
* element should add to the credential. The value
* of this parameter must be one of:
* {@link #INITIATE_AND_ACCEPT INITIATE_AND_ACCEPT},
* {@link #ACCEPT_ONLY ACCEPT_ONLY}, and
* {@link #INITIATE_ONLY INITIATE_ONLY}.
*
* @throws GSSException containing the following
* major error codes:
* {@link GSSException#DUPLICATE_ELEMENT
* GSSException.DUPLICATE_ELEMENT},
* {@link GSSException#BAD_MECH GSSException.BAD_MECH},
* {@link GSSException#BAD_NAMETYPE GSSException.BAD_NAMETYPE},
* {@link GSSException#NO_CRED GSSException.NO_CRED},
* {@link GSSException#CREDENTIALS_EXPIRED
* GSSException.CREDENTIALS_EXPIRED},
* {@link GSSException#FAILURE GSSException.FAILURE}
*/
public void add(GSSName name, int initLifetime, int acceptLifetime,
Oid mech, int usage) throws GSSException;
/**
* Tests if this GSSCredential asserts the same entity as the supplied
* object. The two credentials must be acquired over the same
* mechanisms and must refer to the same principal.
*
* @return true if the two GSSCredentials assert the same
* entity; false otherwise.
* @param another another GSSCredential for comparison to this one
*/
public boolean equals(Object another);
/**
* Returns a hashcode value for this GSSCredential.
*
* @return a hashCode value
*/
public int hashCode();
}