BEA Systems, Inc.

WebLogic Server 8.1 API Reference

weblogic.security.spi
Interface CredentialProvider

All Known Subinterfaces:
DeployableCredentialProvider

public interface CredentialProvider
extends SecurityProvider

The CredentialProvider interface exposes the services provided by a Credential Mapping provider to the WebLogic Security Framework. This allows the Credential Mapping provider to be manipulated (initialized, started, stopped, and so on).

Author:
Copyright © 2004 BEA Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Method Summary
 CredentialMapper getCredentialProvider()
          Gets the implementation of the CredentialMapper security service provider interface (SSPI).
 
Methods inherited from interface weblogic.security.spi.SecurityProvider
getDescription, initialize, shutdown
 

Method Detail

getCredentialProvider

public CredentialMapper getCredentialProvider()
Gets the implementation of the CredentialMapper security service provider interface (SSPI).

Returns:
the implementation of the CredentialMapper SSPI.


Documentation is available at
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs81