All Known Subinterfaces:

DomainScopedPasswordAliasStore

All Known Implementing Classes:

JCEKSDomainPasswordAliasStore, JCEKSPasswordAliasStore
```
@Contract
public interface PasswordAliasStore
```
Represents a fully-functional password alias store.
If the implementation holds the aliases and passwords in memory, it handles loading and saving the in-memory contents from and to persistent storage, at the discretion of the implementer. For example, loading would typically happen when the password alias store implementation is first instantiated, although an implementation could choose to load lazily on first read. Saving is at the discretion of the implementer as well, although to maximize reliability the implementation should persist changes as they occur. The ) methods can help optimize that.

Author:

tjquinn

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`clear()`	Deletes all password aliases from the store.
`boolean`	`containsKey(String alias)`	Reports whether the store contains the specified alias.
`char[]`	`get(String alias)`	Returns the password associated with the specified alias.
`boolean`	`isEmpty()`	Reports whether the alias store is empty.
`Iterator<String>`	`keys()`	Returns an Iterator over aliases present in the alias store.
`void`	`put(String alias, char[] password)`	Insert a new alias with the specified password, or assigns a new password to an existing alias.
`void`	`putAll(Map<String,char[]> settings)`	Adds a group of alias/password pairs in a single operation.
`void`	`putAll(PasswordAliasStore otherStore)`	Adds all alias/password pairs from the specified store to this store.
`void`	`remove(String alias)`	Removes the specified alias (and the associated password) from the password alias store.
`int`	`size()`	Reports the number of aliases present in the store.

- Method Detail
  - containsKey
```
boolean containsKey(String alias)
```
    Reports whether the store contains the specified alias.
    
    Parameters:
    
    alias - the alias to check for
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the alias appears in the store; false otherwise
  - get
```
char[] get(String alias)
```
    Returns the password associated with the specified alias.
    
    Parameters:
    
    alias - the alias of interest
    
    Returns:
    
    the password for that alias, if the store contains the alias; null otherwise
  - isEmpty
```
boolean isEmpty()
```
    Reports whether the alias store is empty.
    
    Returns:
  - keys
```
Iterator<String> keys()
```
    Returns an Iterator over aliases present in the alias store.
    
    Returns:
  - size
```
int size()
```
    Reports the number of aliases present in the store.
    
    Returns:
  - clear
```
void clear()
```
    Deletes all password aliases from the store.
  - put
```
void put(String alias,
         char[] password)
```
    Insert a new alias with the specified password, or assigns a new password to an existing alias.
    
    Parameters:
    
    alias - the alias to create or reassign
    
    password - the password to be associated with the alias
  - putAll
```
void putAll(PasswordAliasStore otherStore)
```
    Adds all alias/password pairs from the specified store to this store.
    
    Parameters:
    
    otherStore - the alias store from which to get entries
  - putAll
```
void putAll(Map<String,char[]> settings)
```
    Adds a group of alias/password pairs in a single operation.
    Callers might prefer to invoke this method once rather than invoking ) repeatedly, for example if an implementation persists each change as it is made.
    
    Parameters:
    
    settings - the alias/password pairs to add
  - remove
```
void remove(String alias)
```
    Removes the specified alias (and the associated password) from the password alias store.
    
    Parameters:
    
    alias - the alias to be removed

Interface PasswordAliasStore

Method Summary

Method Detail

containsKey

get

isEmpty

keys

size

clear

put

putAll

putAll

remove