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Using Security in CORBA Applications

DISecurityLevel2_Current.get_credentials

Synopsis

Gets credentials type.

MIDL Mapping

HRESULT get_credentials(
[in] Security_CredentialType cred_type,
[in,out,optional] VARIANT* exceptionInfo,
[out,retval] DISecurityLevel2_Credentials** returnValue);

Automation Mapping

Function get_credentials(cred_type As Security_CredentialType,
[exceptionInfo]) As DISecurityLevel2_Credentials

Description

This call can be used only to get SecInvocationCredentials; otherwise, get_credentials raises CORBA::BAD_PARAM. If no credentials are available, get_credentials raises CORBA::BAD_INV_ORDER.

Arguments

cred_type

The type of credentials to get.

exceptioninfo

An optional input argument that allows the client application to get additional exception data if an error occurs. For the ActiveX client application, all exception data is returned in the OLE Automation Error Object.

Return Values

A DISecurityLevel2_Credentials object for the active credentials in the client application only.