public interface

Destroyable

javax.security.auth.Destroyable
Known Indirect Subclasses

Class Overview

Objects such as credentials may optionally implement this interface to provide the capability to destroy its contents.

See Also

Summary

Public Methods
abstract void destroy()
Destroy this Object.
abstract boolean isDestroyed()
Determine if this Object has been destroyed.

Public Methods

public abstract void destroy ()

Destroy this Object.

Sensitive information associated with this Object is destroyed or cleared. Subsequent calls to certain methods on this Object will result in an IllegalStateException being thrown.

Throws
DestroyFailedException if the destroy operation fails.

SecurityException if the caller does not have permission to destroy this Object.

public abstract boolean isDestroyed ()

Determine if this Object has been destroyed.

Returns
  • true if this Object has been destroyed, false otherwise.