CredentialMetaData (cas-server-core-api-authentication 6.1.2 API)

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable
```
public interface CredentialMetaData
extends java.io.Serializable
```
Describes a credential provided for authentication. Implementations should expect instances of this type to be stored for periods of time equal to the length of the SSO session or longer, which necessitates consideration of serialization and security. All implementations MUST be serializable and secure with respect to long-term storage.

Since:

4.0.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Class<? extends Credential>`	`getCredentialClass()`	Gets the type of the original credential.
`java.lang.String`	`getId()`	Gets a unique identifier for the kind of credential this represents.
`Credential`	`toCredential()`	Reconstruct the credential from metadata.

- Method Detail
  - getId
```
java.lang.String getId()
```
    Gets a unique identifier for the kind of credential this represents.
    
    Returns:
    
    Unique identifier for the given type of credential.
  - getCredentialClass
```
java.lang.Class<? extends Credential> getCredentialClass()
```
    Gets the type of the original credential.
    
    Returns:
    
    Non -null credential class.
  - toCredential
```
Credential toCredential()
```
    Reconstruct the credential from metadata.
    
    Returns:
    
    the credential