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<h2 title="Class Credential" class="title">Class Credential</h2>
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<pre>public abstract class <span class="typeNameLabel">Credential</span>
extends java.lang.Object
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<div class="block">Credentials. The Credential class represents an abstract mechanism for
checking authentication credentials. A credential instance either represents
a secret, or some data that could only be derived from knowing the secret.
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Often a Credential is related to a Password via a one way algorithm, so while
a Password itself is a Credential, a UnixCrypt or MD5 digest of a a password
is only a credential that can be checked against the password.
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This class includes an implementation for unix Crypt an MD5 digest.</div>
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<pre>public abstract&nbsp;boolean&nbsp;check(java.lang.Object&nbsp;credentials)</pre>
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another Credential object, a Password object or a String
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<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
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<div class="block">Get a credential from a String. If the credential String starts with a
known Credential type (eg "CRYPT:" or "MD5:" ) then a Credential of that
type is returned. Else the credential is assumed to be a Password.</div>
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The length of the loop executed will always be the length of the unknown credential</p></div>
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The length of the loop executed will always be the length of the unknown credential</p></div>
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