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package org.apereo.portal.security.provider;
import org.apereo.portal.security.IOpaqueCredentials;
/**
* This is a provider-specific extention to the standard opaque credentials that is designed to work
* with the caching security context. This interface adds a method that removes a bit of the opacity
* of the original by providing means of retreiving a stored credential. See the warnings and
* caveats associated with the CacheSecurityContext provider.
*
*/
public interface NotSoOpaqueCredentials extends IOpaqueCredentials {
/**
* Returns the stored credentials as a String.
*
* @return the strored credentials.
*/
public String getCredentials();
}