org.argeo.node.api/src/org/argeo/node/security/Keyring.java

   1 /*
   2  * Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Argeo GmbH
   3  *
   4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
   7  *
   8  *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
   9  *
  10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
  13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  14  * limitations under the License.
  15  */
  16 package org.argeo.node.security;
  17
  18 import java.io.InputStream;
  19
  20 /**
  21  * Access to private (typically encrypted) data. The keyring is responsible for
  22  * retrieving the necessary credentials. <b>Experimental. This API may
  23  * change.</b>
  24  */
  25 public interface Keyring {
  26         /**
  27          * Returns the confidential information as chars. Must ask for it if it is
  28          * not stored.
  29          */
  30         public char[] getAsChars(String path);
  31
  32         /**
  33          * Returns the confidential information as a stream. Must ask for it if it
  34          * is not stored.
  35          */
  36         public InputStream getAsStream(String path);
  37
  38         public void set(String path, char[] arr);
  39
  40         public void set(String path, InputStream in);
  41 }