Credential Store
Methods
The following table shows the methods used in Java clients for
managing credentials.
Java | Description |
|---|---|
addPassword(hostname, username, password)
| Stores the password for the
specified host and user. Overwrites any existing password for that user
in the credential store. Creates the default credential store backing
file in the default location (if it does not exist). |
removePassword(hostname, username)
| Deletes the password for the
specified user from the credential store. |
clearPasswords()
| Deletes all passwords from the
credential store. |
getPassword(hostname, username)
| Returns the password for the
specified host and user from the credential store. |
getHosts()
| Returns the set of hosts contained
in the credential store. |
getUsernames(hostname)
| Returns the collection of all user
names that have passwords stored for the specified hostname . |
close()
| Closes the credential store,
preventing further method invocations. Releases associated resources.
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