Method Detail

• link

  void link(URI oldResource,
          URI newResource)

  Notifies this key manager that a protected resource has been linked.

  Parameters:

  oldResource - the old URI of the protected resource.

  newResource - the new URI of the protected resource.

• provider

  KeyProvider<K> provider(URI resource)

  Returns a key provider for accessing the identified protected resource.

  Parameters:

  resource - the URI of the protected resource.

• release

  void release(URI resource)

  Notifies this key manager that a protected resource has been released. Clients should call this method only if they wish to reset or dispose the key provider which may be associated with the protected resource. Implementations may completely ignore this call or chose to reset or dispose the associated key provider based on its state. For example, an implementation may reset the key provider only if the user had cancelled the prompting for the key.

  Parameters:

  resource - the URI of the protected resource.

• unlink

  void unlink(URI resource)

  Notifies this key manager that a protected resource has been unlinked. This implies a release(java.net.URI).

  Parameters:

  resource - the URI of the protected resource.