Refreshable

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javax.security.auth
Interface Refreshable

An object whose internal state may be refreshed: as in a credential object with a expiry date.

Method Summary

boolean isCurrent()
Tells whether or not this object is current.

void refresh()
Refresh this object.

Method Detail

public boolean isCurrent()

Tells whether or not this object is current. Refreshable objects that are not current may need to be refreshed.

public void refresh()
             throws RefreshFailedException

Refresh this object. The process involved in refreshing an object is per-implementation dependent.