com.entrust.toolkit.credentials
Class CredentialWriter

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:

FilenameProfileWriter, StreamProfileWriter, TokenInitializer, TokenWriter

public abstract class CredentialWriter

extends java.lang.Object

CredentialWriter is the abstract super class of the credential writers in the Toolkit.

The Toolkit provides the following credential writer classes:

• StreamProfileWriter
• FilenameProfileWriter
• TokenInitializer
• TokenWriter

Constructor Summary

CredentialWriter()

Method Summary

void	checkPwd(User user, SecureStringBuffer pwd) checks the password if it keeps the conditions of the password rules
boolean	writePossible() Determines whether or not the credentials can be written to the CredentialWriter specified in the code.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CredentialWriter

public CredentialWriter()

Method Detail

writePossible

public boolean writePossible()

Determines whether or not the credentials can be written to the CredentialWriter specified in the code.

This method returns true if the credentials can be written to the specified CredentialWriter. Otherwise, it returns false.

checkPwd

public void checkPwd(User user,
                     SecureStringBuffer pwd)
              throws UserBadPasswordException,
                     CertificateException

checks the password if it keeps the conditions of the password rules

Parameters:

user - The user whose password has to be ckecked

pwd - The password used to write the credentials