Android APIs
Added in API level 1
public interface

CredentialsProvider

org.apache.http.client.CredentialsProvider
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Class Overview

Abstract credentials provider.

Summary

Public Methods
abstract void clear()
Clears all credentials.
abstract Credentials getCredentials(AuthScope authscope)
Get the credentials for the given authentication scope.
abstract void setCredentials(AuthScope authscope, Credentials credentials)
Sets the credentials for the given authentication scope.

Public Methods

public abstract void clear ()

Added in API level 1

Clears all credentials.

public abstract Credentials getCredentials (AuthScope authscope)

Added in API level 1

Get the credentials for the given authentication scope.

Parameters
authscope the authentication scope
Returns
  • the credentials

public abstract void setCredentials (AuthScope authscope, Credentials credentials)

Added in API level 1

Sets the credentials for the given authentication scope. Any previous credentials for the given scope will be overwritten.

Parameters
authscope the authentication scope
credentials the authentication credentials for the given scope.