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.api.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 }