IPublicCredential (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

All Superinterfaces:

Principal
```
public interface IPublicCredential
extends Principal
```
This interface describes public credentials added by the Equinox login modules.
This interface should not be extended by clients.

See Also:

Subject.getPublicCredentials()

Restriction:

This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Principal`	`getPrimaryRole()`	Returns user's primary role, if set.
`String`	`getProviderID()`	ID of the provider of this public credential.
`Principal[]`	`getRoles()`	Returns user's roles.

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Principal
equals, getName, hashCode, implies, toString

- Method Detail
  - getPrimaryRole
```
Principal getPrimaryRole()
```
    Returns user's primary role, if set. Might return null if primary role is not set.
    
    Returns:
    
    user's primary role. Returns null if there is no primary role.
  - getRoles
```
Principal[] getRoles()
```
    Returns user's roles. Might return null if there are no roles.
    
    Returns:
    
    user's roles. Returns null if there are no roles.
  - getProviderID
```
String getProviderID()
```
    ID of the provider of this public credential.
    
    Returns:
    
    provider ID