org.apache.ambari.server.security.credential

Class CredentialFactory

java.lang.Object

org.apache.ambari.server.security.credential.CredentialFactory

public class CredentialFactory
extends Object

CredentialFactory create Credential instances after determing what type of Credential is represented by the value data.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CredentialFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Credential	createCredential(char[] value) Give a credential value (assumed from a keystore), attempt to determine what type of Credential is represented and create the appropriate Credential implementation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CredentialFactory

public CredentialFactory()

Method Detail

createCredential

public static Credential createCredential(char[] value)
                                   throws InvalidCredentialValueException

Give a credential value (assumed from a keystore), attempt to determine what type of Credential is represented and create the appropriate Credential implementation.

For example, if the raw value starts with "PrincipalKeyCredential" it is determined to be a PrincipalKeyCredential. A new PrincipalKeyCredential is created and then returned.

Parameters:

value - the raw credential value

Returns:

a Credential

Throws:

InvalidCredentialValueException - if an error occurs while parsing the raw credential value