weblogic.security.spi
Interface CredentialProvider

All Superinterfaces:

SecurityProvider

All Known Subinterfaces:

DeployableCredentialProvider

Deprecated. WLS 9.0 (10/2003) Replaced with CredentialProviderV2

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).

Method Summary

CredentialMapper

getCredentialProvider() Deprecated. 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

CredentialMapper getCredentialProvider()

Deprecated.

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

Returns:

the implementation of the CredentialMapper SSPI.