com.entrust.toolkit.credentials

Class KeychainCredentialReader

java.lang.Object

com.entrust.toolkit.credentials.CredentialReader

com.entrust.toolkit.credentials.KeychainCredentialReader

public final class KeychainCredentialReader
extends CredentialReader

A CredentialReader for reading a Digital Identity from a Keychain. This class can be created in one of two ways, either by providing an array of handles to Keychain certificates, or by providing a KeychainIdentity object. The method using the KeychainIdentity object is the preferred way, the array of certificate handles is for specialized uses for when the set of certificates chosen by the KeychainIdentity is not appropriate.

No CredentialWriter object can be used in conjunction with a KeychainCredentialReader; a Digital Identity read from the Keychain is strictly read-only.

When calling User.login() with a KeychainCredentialReader, supply null as the password. With Keychain, the key protection mechanism may not be password based, and is up to the Keychain to enforce.

Since:

9.0

See Also:

KeychainIdentity, KeychainIdentities

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
KeychainCredentialReader(KeychainIdentity identity) Create a KeychainCredentialReader that reads certificates and keys for the given KeychainIdentity.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getType() Returns the type (name) of this CredentialReader.

Methods inherited from class com.entrust.toolkit.credentials.CredentialReader

checkPwd

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

KeychainCredentialReader

public KeychainCredentialReader(KeychainIdentity identity)

Create a KeychainCredentialReader that reads certificates and keys for the given KeychainIdentity. The identity should be created by calling KeychainIdentities.findIdentities(), then selecting the appropriate identity from the returned list.

Parameters:

identity - The identity to read keys and certificates for.

Method Detail

getType

public java.lang.String getType()

Returns the type (name) of this CredentialReader.

Specified by:

getType in class CredentialReader

Returns:

The type (name) of the CredentialReader