Class Credentials (1.6.1)

public abstract class Credentials implements Serializable

Represents an abstract authorized identity instance.

Inheritance

java.lang.Object > Credentials

Implements

Serializable

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Constructors

Credentials()

public Credentials()

Methods

blockingGetToCallback(URI uri, RequestMetadataCallback callback)

protected final void blockingGetToCallback(URI uri, RequestMetadataCallback callback)

Call #getRequestMetadata(URI) and pass the result or error to the callback.

Parameters

Name	Description
`uri`	`URI` URI of the entry point for the request.
`callback`	`RequestMetadataCallback` Callback handler to execute when the metadata completes.

getAuthenticationType()

public abstract String getAuthenticationType()

A constant string name describing the authentication technology.

E.g. \u201cOAuth2\u201d, \u201cSSL\u201d. For use by the transport layer to determine whether it supports the type of authentication in the case where Credentials#hasRequestMetadataOnly is false. Also serves as a debugging helper.

Returns

Type	Description
`String`	The type of authentication used.

getRequestMetadata()

public Map<String,List<String>> getRequestMetadata()

Get the current request metadata, refreshing tokens if required.

This should be called by the transport layer on each request, and the data should be populated in headers or other context. The operation can block and fail to complete and may do things such as refreshing access tokens.

The convention for handling binary data is for the key in the returned map to end with "-bin" and for the corresponding values to be base64 encoded.

Returns

Type	Description
`Map<String,List<String>>`	The request metadata used for populating headers or other context.

Exceptions

Type	Description
`IOException`	if there was an error getting up-to-date access.

getRequestMetadata(URI uri)

public abstract Map<String,List<String>> getRequestMetadata(URI uri)

Get the current request metadata in a blocking manner, refreshing tokens if required.

The convention for handling binary data is for the key in the returned map to end with "-bin" and for the corresponding values to be base64 encoded.

Parameter

Name	Description
`uri`	`URI` URI of the entry point for the request.

Returns

Type	Description
`Map<String,List<String>>`	The request metadata used for populating headers or other context.

Exceptions

Type	Description
`IOException`	if there was an error getting up-to-date access. The exception should implement Retryable and `isRetryable()` will return true if the operation may be retried.

getRequestMetadata(URI uri, Executor executor, RequestMetadataCallback callback)

public void getRequestMetadata(URI uri, Executor executor, RequestMetadataCallback callback)

Get the current request metadata without blocking.

This should be called by the transport layer on each request, and the data should be populated in headers or other context. The implementation can either call the callback inline or asynchronously. Either way it should never block in this method. The executor is provided for tasks that may block.

The default implementation will just call #getRequestMetadata(URI) then the callback from the given executor.

The convention for handling binary data is for the key in the returned map to end with "-bin" and for the corresponding values to be base64 encoded.

Parameters

Name	Description
`uri`	`URI` URI of the entry point for the request.
`executor`	`Executor` Executor to perform the request.
`callback`	`RequestMetadataCallback` Callback to execute when the request is finished.

hasRequestMetadata()

public abstract boolean hasRequestMetadata()

Whether the credentials have metadata entries that should be added to each request.

This should be called by the transport layer to see if Credentials#getRequestMetadata should be used for each request.

Returns

Type	Description
`boolean`	Whether or not the transport layer should call Credentials#getRequestMetadata

hasRequestMetadataOnly()

public abstract boolean hasRequestMetadataOnly()

Indicates whether or not the Auth mechanism works purely by including request metadata.

This is meant for the transport layer. If this is true a transport does not need to take actions other than including the request metadata. If this is false, a transport must specifically know about the authentication technology to support it, and should fail to accept the credentials otherwise.

Returns

Type	Description
`boolean`	Whether or not the Auth mechanism works purely by including request metadata.

refresh()

public abstract void refresh()

Refresh the authorization data, discarding any cached state.

For use by the transport to allow retry after getting an error indicating there may be invalid tokens or other cached state.

Exceptions

Type	Description
`IOException`	if there was an error getting up-to-date access.