keyring/Keyring.java

   1 package org.argeo.api.cms.keyring;
   2
   3 import java.io.InputStream;
   4
   5 /**
   6  * Access to private (typically encrypted) data. The keyring is responsible for
   7  * retrieving the necessary credentials. <b>Experimental. This API may
   8  * change.</b>
   9  */
  10 public interface Keyring {
  11         /**
  12          * Returns the confidential information as chars. Must ask for it if it is
  13          * not stored.
  14          */
  15         public char[] getAsChars(String path);
  16
  17         /**
  18          * Returns the confidential information as a stream. Must ask for it if it
  19          * is not stored.
  20          */
  21         public InputStream getAsStream(String path);
  22
  23         public void set(String path, char[] arr);
  24
  25         public void set(String path, InputStream in);
  26 }