javax.security.auth

Interface Destroyable

All Known Implementing Classes:

KeyStore.PasswordProtection

public interface Destroyable

Allows for special treatment of sensitive information, when it comes to destroying or clearing of the data.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	destroy() Erases the sensitive information.
boolean	isDestroyed() Returns true once an object has been safely destroyed.

Method Detail

destroy

void destroy()
      throws DestroyFailedException

Erases the sensitive information. Once an object is destroyed any calls to its methods will throw an IllegalStateException. If it does not succeed a DestroyFailedException is thrown.

Throws:

DestroyFailedException - if the information cannot be erased.

isDestroyed

boolean isDestroyed()

Returns true once an object has been safely destroyed.

Returns:

whether the object has been safely destroyed.