Class KerberosCredMessage

java.lang.Object

javax.security.auth.kerberos.KerberosCredMessage

All Implemented Interfaces:: Destroyable

public final class KerberosCredMessage extends Object implements Destroyable

This class encapsulates a Kerberos 5 KRB_CRED message which can be used to send Kerberos credentials from one principal to another.

A KRB_CRED message is defined in Section 5.8.1 of the Kerberos Protocol Specification (RFC 4120) as:

   KRB-CRED        ::= [APPLICATION 22] SEQUENCE {
           pvno            [0] INTEGER (5),
           msg-type        [1] INTEGER (22),
           tickets         [2] SEQUENCE OF Ticket,
           enc-part        [3] EncryptedData -- EncKrbCredPart
   }

Since:: 9

Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
`KerberosCredMessage(KerberosPrincipal sender, KerberosPrincipal recipient, byte[] message)`	Constructs a `KerberosCredMessage` object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`destroy()`	Destroys this object by clearing out the message.
`boolean`	`equals(Object other)`	Compares the specified object with this `KerberosCredMessage` for equality.
`byte[]`	`getEncoded()`	Returns the DER encoded form of the KRB_CRED message.
`KerberosPrincipal`	`getRecipient()`	Returns the recipient of this message.
`KerberosPrincipal`	`getSender()`	Returns the sender of this message.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Returns a hash code for this `KerberosCredMessage`.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns an informative textual representation of this `KerberosCredMessage`.

Methods declared in class Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected Object`	`clone()`	Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`protected void`	`finalize()`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Finalization is deprecated and subject to removal in a future release.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()`	Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`final void`	`notify()`	Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()`	Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`wait()`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

Methods declared in interface Destroyable

isDestroyed

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default boolean`	`isDestroyed()`	Determine if this `Object` has been destroyed.

Constructor Details

KerberosCredMessage

public KerberosCredMessage(KerberosPrincipal sender, KerberosPrincipal recipient, byte[] message)

Constructs a KerberosCredMessage object.

The contents of the message argument are copied; subsequent modification of the byte array does not affect the newly created object.

Parameters:: sender - the sender of the message; recipient - the recipient of the message; message - the DER encoded KRB_CRED message
Throws:: NullPointerException - if any of sender, recipient or message is null

Method Details

getEncoded

public byte[] getEncoded()

Returns the DER encoded form of the KRB_CRED message.

Returns:: a newly allocated byte array that contains the encoded form
Throws:: IllegalStateException - if the object is destroyed

getSender

public KerberosPrincipal getSender()

Returns the sender of this message.

Returns:: the sender
Throws:: IllegalStateException - if the object is destroyed

getRecipient

public KerberosPrincipal getRecipient()

Returns the recipient of this message.

Returns:: the recipient
Throws:: IllegalStateException - if the object is destroyed

destroy

public void destroy()

Destroys this object by clearing out the message.

Specified by:: destroy in interface Destroyable

toString

public String toString()

Returns an informative textual representation of this KerberosCredMessage.

Overrides:: toString in class Object
Returns:: an informative textual representation of this KerberosCredMessage.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hash code for this KerberosCredMessage.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

a hash code for this KerberosCredMessage

See Also:

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Compares the specified object with this KerberosCredMessage for equality. Returns true if the given object is also a KerberosCredMessage and the two KerberosCredMessage instances are equivalent. More formally two KerberosCredMessage instances are equal if they have equal sender, recipient, and encoded KRB_CRED messages. A destroyed KerberosCredMessage object is only equal to itself.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

other - the object to compare to

Returns:

true if the specified object is equal to this KerberosCredMessage, false otherwise.

See Also:

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