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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,
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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
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This class includes an implementation for unix Crypt an MD5 digest.</div>
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<dd><code>credentials</code> - The credential to check against. This may either be another Credential object, a Password object or a String which is interpreted by this
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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. Otherwise, it tries to find a credential provider whose prefix matches with the start of the credential String. Else the credential is assumed
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<div class="block"><p>Utility method that replaces String.equals() to avoid timing attacks.
The length of the loop executed will always be the length of the unknown credential</p></div>
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<div class="block"><p>Utility method that replaces Arrays.equals() to avoid timing attacks.
The length of the loop executed will always be the length of the unknown credential</p></div>
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