-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Argeo GmbH
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.argeo.node.security;
-
-import java.io.InputStream;
-
-/**
- * Access to private (typically encrypted) data. The keyring is responsible for
- * retrieving the necessary credentials. <b>Experimental. This API may
- * change.</b>
- */
-public interface Keyring {
- /**
- * Returns the confidential information as chars. Must ask for it if it is
- * not stored.
- */
- public char[] getAsChars(String path);
-
- /**
- * Returns the confidential information as a stream. Must ask for it if it
- * is not stored.
- */
- public InputStream getAsStream(String path);
-
- public void set(String path, char[] arr);
-
- public void set(String path, InputStream in);
-}