com.jrockit.mc.rjmx.security
Interface IPasswordProvider

public interface IPasswordProvider

Interface for providers of passwords for IConnectionDescriptor.

Author:

Marcus Hirt

Method Summary

java.lang.String

getPassword(IConnectionDescriptor descriptor) Returns the password for a certain descriptor.

Method Detail

getPassword

java.lang.String getPassword(IConnectionDescriptor descriptor)
                             throws com.jrockit.mc.common.security.SecurityException,
                                    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Returns the password for a certain descriptor.

Parameters:

descriptor - the descriptor for which to get the password.

Returns:

the clear text password, or null if no password exist.

Throws:

com.jrockit.mc.common.security.SecurityException - if something went wrong when decoding the password.

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the provider does not support providing a password for the particular IConnectionDescriptor.