com.cognos.CAM_AAA.authentication

Interface ICredential

public interface ICredential

Defines the interface to use for implementing an IBM Cognos credential. A credential is a set of name-value pairs that represent authentication information, such as a username or password. A credential is transient, and can be used to provide single signon to a database that is sharing the same credentials as the current security infrastructure.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String[]	getCredentialNames() Returns the name portion of the name-value pairs within this credential.
java.lang.String[]	getCredentialValue(java.lang.String theName) Return the corresponding value for the specified name portion of a name-value pair in this credential.

Method Detail

getCredentialNames

java.lang.String[] getCredentialNames()

Returns the name portion of the name-value pairs within this credential. Returns null if none exists.

Returns:

An array containing the name portion of all name-value pairs in this credential.

getCredentialValue

java.lang.String[] getCredentialValue(java.lang.String theName)

Return the corresponding value for the specified name portion of a name-value pair in this credential. Returns null if no value exists.

Parameters:

theName - The name portion of the required name-value pair.

Returns:

An array containing all the values for the specified name.