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SecurityLevel2::Current::get_credentials

Synopsis

Gets credentials type.

OMG IDL Definition

Credentials get_credentials(
       in Security::CredentialType   cred_type
);

Argument

cred_type

The type of credentials to get.

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.

Return Values

Returns the active credentials in the client application only.

Note: This information is taken from CORBAservices: Common Object Services Specification, p. 15-105. Revised Edition: March 31, 1995. Updated: November 1997. Used with permission by OMG.