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J. Duke319a3b92007-12-01 00:00:00 +00001/*
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25
26package javax.security.auth;
27
28/**
29 * Objects such as credentials may optionally implement this interface
30 * to provide the capability to destroy its contents.
31 *
32 * @see javax.security.auth.Subject
33 */
34public interface Destroyable {
35
36 /**
37 * Destroy this <code>Object</code>.
38 *
39 * <p> Sensitive information associated with this <code>Object</code>
40 * is destroyed or cleared. Subsequent calls to certain methods
41 * on this <code>Object</code> will result in an
42 * <code>IllegalStateException</code> being thrown.
43 *
44 * <p>
45 *
46 * @exception DestroyFailedException if the destroy operation fails. <p>
47 *
48 * @exception SecurityException if the caller does not have permission
49 * to destroy this <code>Object</code>.
50 */
51 void destroy() throws DestroyFailedException;
52
53 /**
54 * Determine if this <code>Object</code> has been destroyed.
55 *
56 * <p>
57 *
58 * @return true if this <code>Object</code> has been destroyed,
59 * false otherwise.
60 */
61 boolean isDestroyed();
62}