- All Known Subinterfaces:
DHPrivateKey,DSAPrivateKey,ECPrivateKey,PBEKey,PrivateKey,RSAMultiPrimePrivateCrtKey,RSAPrivateCrtKey,RSAPrivateKey,SecretKey,XECPrivateKey
- All Known Implementing Classes:
EncryptionKey,KerberosCredMessage,KerberosKey,KerberosTicket,KeyStore.PasswordProtection,SecretKeySpec,X500PrivateCredential
public interface DestroyableObjects such as credentials may optionally implement this interface to provide the capability to destroy its contents.- Since:
- 1.4
- See Also:
Subject
Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Default Methods Modifier and Type Method Description default voiddestroy()Destroy thisObject.default booleanisDestroyed()Determine if thisObjecthas been destroyed.
Method Detail
destroy
default void destroy() throws DestroyFailedExceptionDestroy thisObject.Sensitive information associated with this
Objectis destroyed or cleared. Subsequent calls to certain methods on thisObjectwill result in anIllegalStateExceptionbeing thrown.- Implementation Requirements:
- The default implementation throws
DestroyFailedException. - Throws:
DestroyFailedException- if the destroy operation fails.SecurityException- if the caller does not have permission to destroy thisObject.
isDestroyed
default boolean isDestroyed()
Determine if thisObjecthas been destroyed.- Implementation Requirements:
- The default implementation returns false.
- Returns:
- true if this
Objecthas been destroyed, false otherwise.