1 /*
2 Copyright (C) 2000 - 2007 Grid Systems, S.A.
3
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as
6 published by the Free Software Foundation.
7
8 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
9 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
10 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
11 GNU General Public License for more details.
12
13 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
14 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
15 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
16 */
17
18 /*
19 * Project: KernelCommon
20 * Created on 15-abr-2004
21 * <p>
22 * Copyright (c)2004 Grid Systems
23 */
24 package com.gridsystems.innergrid.api;
25
26 import javax.xml.rpc.Stub;
27
28
29 /**
30 * Manages the data credentials from client requests.
31 * <p>
32 * Implementations of this interface know how to set authentication information
33 * on a client stub, in order to authenticate the request according to a specific
34 * WSS authentication mechanism.
35 *
36 * @author Rodrigo Ruiz
37 * @version 1.0
38 *
39 * @see com.gridsystems.innergrid.api.DirectConnection DirectConnection
40 */
41 public interface Credentials {
42
43 /**
44 * Gets the user name.
45 *
46 * @return a string with the user name
47 */
48 String getUserName();
49
50 /**
51 * Configures the specified remote stub to use these credentials.
52 *
53 * @param stub the stub to configure
54 */
55 void setup(Stub stub);
56 }