The interface javax.resource.spi.security.GenericCredential
defines a security mechanism independent interface for accessing
security credential of a resource principal.
The GenericCredential interface provides a Java
wrapper over an underlying mechanism specific representation of
a security credential. For example, the GenericCredential
interface can be used to wrap Kerberos credentials.
The connector architecture does not define any standard format
and requirements for security mechanism specific credentials. For
example, a security credential wrapped by a GenericCredential
interface can have a native representation specific to an operating
system.
The GenericCredential interface enables a resource adapter to
extract information about a security credential. The resource adapter
can then manage EIS sign-on for a resource principal by either:
- using the credentials in an EIS specific manner if the underlying
EIS supports the security mechanism type represented by the
GenericCredential instance, or,
- using GSS-API if the resource adapter and underlying EIS
instance support GSS-API.
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