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com.sun.security.jgss

Interface ExtendedGSSCredential

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, GSSCredential

@Exported
public interface ExtendedGSSCredential
extends GSSCredential

The extended GSSCredential interface for supporting additional functionalities not defined by org.ietf.jgss.GSSCredential.

Since:

1.8

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.ietf.jgss.GSSCredential

ACCEPT_ONLY, DEFAULT_LIFETIME, INDEFINITE_LIFETIME, INITIATE_AND_ACCEPT, INITIATE_ONLY

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
GSSCredential	impersonate(GSSName name) Impersonates a principal.

Methods inherited from interface org.ietf.jgss.GSSCredential

add, dispose, equals, getMechs, getName, getName, getRemainingAcceptLifetime, getRemainingInitLifetime, getRemainingLifetime, getUsage, getUsage, hashCode

Method Detail

impersonate

GSSCredential impersonate(GSSName name)
                   throws GSSException

Impersonates a principal. In Kerberos, this can be implemented using the Microsoft S4U2self extension.

A GSSException.NO_CRED will be thrown if the impersonation fails. A GSSException.FAILURE will be thrown if the impersonation method is not available to this credential object.

Parameters:

name - the name of the principal to impersonate

Returns:

a credential for that principal

Throws:

GSSException - containing the following major error codes: GSSException.NO_CRED GSSException.FAILURE