org.glassfish.api.admin

Interface PasswordAliasResolver

All Known Implementing Classes:

PasswordAliasResolverImpl

public interface PasswordAliasResolver

Resolves password alias expressions of the form ${ALIAS=aliasName} using an internal password alias store while also accepting passwords themselves which are not translated.

Author:

tjquinn

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
char[]	resolvePassword(String aliasExpressionOrPassword) Returns the password from the argument, processing (if present) an expression of the form ${ALIAS=aliasName} using a PasswordAliasStore.

Method Detail

resolvePassword

char[] resolvePassword(String aliasExpressionOrPassword)

Returns the password from the argument, processing (if present) an expression of the form ${ALIAS=aliasName} using a PasswordAliasStore. If the argument is not such an expression then the returned value is the character array for that string. If the argument is an alias expression then the alias name is resolved using an internal PasswordAliasStore and the corresponding password is returned.

Parameters:

aliasExpressionOrPassword - either a password or a password alias expression

Returns:

the resolved password