CredentialsAuthority

All Implemented Interfaces:
```
public interface CredentialsAuthority

                    
```
The CredentialsAuthority interface is implemented by applications in order to allow the stack to verify the integrity of incoming messages containing the MessageIntegrityAttribute.

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Method Summary

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`abstract Array<byte>`	`getLocalKey(String username)`	Returns the key (password) that corresponds to the specified local username or user frag, an empty array if there was no password for that username or null if the username is not a local user name recognized by this CredentialsAuthority.
`abstract Array<byte>`	`getRemoteKey(String username, String media)`	Returns the key (password) that corresponds to the specified remote username or user frag, an empty array if there was no password for that username or null if the username is not a remote user name recognized by this CredentialsAuthority.
`abstract boolean`	`checkLocalUserName(String username)`	Verifies whether username is currently known to this authority and returns true if so.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
- Method Detail
  - getLocalKey
```
 abstract Array<byte> getLocalKey(String username)
```
    Returns the key (password) that corresponds to the specified local username or user frag, an empty array if there was no password for that username or null if the username is not a local user name recognized by this CredentialsAuthority.
    
    Parameters:
    
    username - the local user name or user frag whose credentials we'd like to obtain.
  - getRemoteKey
```
 abstract Array<byte> getRemoteKey(String username, String media)
```
    Returns the key (password) that corresponds to the specified remote username or user frag, an empty array if there was no password for that username or null if the username is not a remote user name recognized by this CredentialsAuthority.
    
    Parameters:
    
    username - the remote user name or user frag whose credentials we'd like to obtain.
    
    media - the media name that we want to get remote key.
  - checkLocalUserName
```
 abstract boolean checkLocalUserName(String username)
```
    Verifies whether username is currently known to this authority and returns true if so. Returns false otherwise.
    
    Parameters:
    
    username - the user name whose validity we'd like to check.