Credential (The Adobe Experience Manager SDK 2022.11.9850.20221116T162329Z-220900)

java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.jetty.util.security.Credential

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Credential.Crypt, Credential.MD5, Password
```
@Deprecated(since="2021-05-27")
public abstract class Credential
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable
```
Deprecated.
The Eclipse Jetty and Apache Felix Http Jetty packages are no longer supported.

Credentials. The Credential class represents an abstract mechanism for checking authentication credentials. A credential instance either represents a secret, or some data that could only be derived from knowing the secret.
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 only a credential that can be checked against the password.
This class includes an implementation for unix Crypt an MD5 digest.

See Also:

Password, Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Class	Description
`static class`	`Credential.Crypt`	Deprecated. The Eclipse Jetty and Apache Felix Http Jetty packages are no longer supported.
`static class`	`Credential.MD5`	Deprecated. The Eclipse Jetty and Apache Felix Http Jetty packages are no longer supported.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Credential()
Deprecated.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract boolean`	`check(java.lang.Object credentials)`	Deprecated. Check a credential
`static Credential`	`getCredential(java.lang.String credential)`	Deprecated. Get a credential from a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Credential
```
public Credential()
```
    Deprecated.
- Method Detail
  - check
```
public abstract boolean check(java.lang.Object credentials)
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Check a credential
    
    Parameters:
    
    credentials - The credential to check against. This may either be another Credential object, a Password object or a String which is interpreted by this credential.
    
    Returns:
    
    True if the credentials indicated that the shared secret is known to both this Credential and the passed credential.
  - getCredential
```
public static Credential getCredential(java.lang.String credential)
```
    Deprecated.
    
    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 to be a Password.
    
    Parameters:
    
    credential - String representation of the credential
    
    Returns:
    
    A Credential or Password instance.