Automation Security Reference

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.

Return Values

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