- All Known Subinterfaces:
DHPrivateKey
,DSAPrivateKey
,ECPrivateKey
,EdECPrivateKey
,PBEKey
,PrivateKey
,RSAMultiPrimePrivateCrtKey
,RSAPrivateCrtKey
,RSAPrivateKey
,SecretKey
,XECPrivateKey
- All Known Implementing Classes:
EncryptionKey
,KerberosCredMessage
,KerberosKey
,KerberosTicket
,KeyStore.PasswordProtection
,SecretKeySpec
,X500PrivateCredential
public interface Destroyable
Objects such as credentials may optionally implement this interface
to provide the capability to destroy its contents.
- Since:
- 1.4
- See Also:
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptiondefault void
destroy()
Destroy thisObject
.default boolean
Determine if thisObject
has been destroyed.
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Method Details
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destroy
Destroy thisObject
.Sensitive information associated with this
Object
is destroyed or cleared. Subsequent calls to certain methods on thisObject
will result in anIllegalStateException
being 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
.
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isDestroyed
default boolean isDestroyed()Determine if thisObject
has been destroyed.- Implementation Requirements:
- The default implementation returns false.
- Returns:
- true if this
Object
has been destroyed, false otherwise.
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