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package org.apereo.portal.security;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* Our OpaqueCredentials interface stores password or passphrase information for authentication. The
* same structure stores information that can potentially be used post-authentication to keep
* Kerberos TGT's or other useful security context authenticators.
*
*/
public interface IOpaqueCredentials extends Serializable {
/**
* Set the credentials value.
*
* @param credentials A string of bytes that represents an authenticator.
*/
public void setCredentials(byte[] credentials);
/**
* Set the credentials value.
*
* @param credentials A Java String that contains an authenticator such as a passphrase that is
* typically represented by a locale-specific text string.
*/
public void setCredentials(String credentials);
}