ICredentialsFactory (Hazelcast Root 5.4.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

StaticCredentialsFactory
```
public interface ICredentialsFactory
```
ICredentialsFactory is used to create Credentials objects to be used during node authentication before connection is accepted by the master node.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`configure(javax.security.auth.callback.CallbackHandler callbackHandler)`	Configures `ICredentialsFactory`.
`void`	`destroy()`	Destroys `ICredentialsFactory`.
`default void`	`init(java.util.Properties properties)`	This method is (only) called if the factory instance is newly created from a class name provided in `CredentialsFactoryConfig`.
`Credentials`	`newCredentials()`	Creates new `Credentials` object.
`default Credentials`	`newCredentials(Address address)`	Creates new `Credentials` object for given target `Address`.

- Method Detail
  - init
```
default void init(java.util.Properties properties)
```
    This method is (only) called if the factory instance is newly created from a class name provided in CredentialsFactoryConfig.
    
    Parameters:
    
    properties - factory properties defined in configuration
  - configure
```
void configure(javax.security.auth.callback.CallbackHandler callbackHandler)
```
    Configures ICredentialsFactory.
    
    Parameters:
    
    callbackHandler - callback handler which can provide access to system internals
  - newCredentials
```
Credentials newCredentials()
```
    Creates new Credentials object.
    
    Returns:
    
    the new Credentials object
  - newCredentials
```
default Credentials newCredentials(Address address)
```
    Creates new Credentials object for given target Address.
    
    Parameters:
    
    address - Target Address (may be null)
    
    Returns:
  - destroy
```
void destroy()
```
    Destroys ICredentialsFactory.