---

Overview Package Class Use Tree Deprecated Index Help		Java™ Platform Standard Ed. 6
PREV CLASS NEXT CLASS	FRAMES NO FRAMES All Classes
SUMMARY: NESTED | FIELD | CONSTR | METHOD	DETAIL: FIELD | CONSTR | METHOD

---

javax.security.auth
Interface Destroyable

All Known Implementing Classes:

KerberosKey, KerberosTicket, KeyStore.PasswordProtection, X500PrivateCredential

---

public interface Destroyable

Objects such as credentials may optionally implement this interface to provide the capability to destroy its contents.

See Also:

Subject

---

Method Summary
void	destroy() Destroy this Object.
boolean	isDestroyed() Determine if this Object has been destroyed.

Method Detail

destroy

void destroy()
 throws DestroyFailedException

Destroy this Object.

Sensitive information associated with this Object is destroyed or cleared. Subsequent calls to certain methods on this Object will result in an IllegalStateException being thrown.

Throws:

DestroyFailedException - if the destroy operation fails.

SecurityException - if the caller does not have permission to destroy this Object.

---

isDestroyed

boolean isDestroyed()

Determine if this Object has been destroyed.

Returns:

true if this Object has been destroyed, false otherwise.

---

Overview Package Class Use Tree Deprecated Index Help		Java™ Platform Standard Ed. 6
PREV CLASS NEXT CLASS	FRAMES NO FRAMES All Classes
SUMMARY: NESTED | FIELD | CONSTR | METHOD	DETAIL: FIELD | CONSTR | METHOD

---

Submit a bug or feature
For further API reference and developer documentation, see Java SE Developer Documentation. That documentation contains more detailed, developer-targeted descriptions, with conceptual overviews, definitions of terms, workarounds, and working code examples.

Copyright © 1993, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms. Also see the documentation redistribution policy.

Scripting on this page tracks web page traffic, but does not change the content in any way.