com.entrust.toolkit.credentials

Class CredentialWriter

java.lang.Object

com.entrust.toolkit.credentials.CredentialWriter

Direct Known Subclasses:

CapiCredentialWriter, FilenameProfileWriter, KeychainCredentialWriter, PKCS12Writer, RoamingCredentialWriter, StreamProfileWriter, TokenInitializer, TokenWriter

public abstract class CredentialWriter
extends java.lang.Object

This is the abstract super class all credential writers. Its purpose is to provide the common functionality required by its sub-classes.

The Toolkit provides the following credential writers:

• FilenameProfileWriter
• PKCS12Writer
• RoamingCredentialWriter
• StreamProfileWriter
• TokenInitializer
• TokenWriter

See Also:

CredentialReader, User

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CredentialWriter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addConfiguration(java.lang.Object configData) This API is provided as a means to provide configuration information
abstract java.lang.String	getType() Returns the type (name) of this specific credential writer.
boolean	writePossible() Indicates whether the credential writer is able to execute a write operation (certain credential writers are only able to write once).

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()

Indicates whether the credential writer is able to execute a write operation (certain credential writers are only able to write once).

Returns:

true if the credential writer is able to do a write operation; false otherwise

getType

public abstract java.lang.String getType()

Returns the type (name) of this specific credential writer.

Returns:

the type (name) of credential writer

addConfiguration

public void addConfiguration(java.lang.Object configData)

This API is provided as a means to provide configuration information

Parameters:

configData - The data object required for the function