javax.security.auth

Interface Refreshable

Known Implementing Classes:
KerberosTicket

public interface Refreshable

An object whose internal state may be refreshed: as in a credential object with a expiry date.

Method Summary

boolean
isCurrent()
Tells whether or not this object is current.
void
refresh()
Refresh this object.

Method Details

isCurrent

public boolean isCurrent()
Tells whether or not this object is current. Refreshable objects that are not current may need to be refreshed.
Returns:
Whether this object is current.

refresh

public void refresh()
            throws RefreshFailedException
Refresh this object. The process involved in refreshing an object is per-implementation dependent.
Throws:
RefreshFailedException - If refreshing this object fails.
SecurityException - If the caller does not have permission to refresh, or to take the steps involved in refreshing, this object.

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