# Class KerberosCredMessage

java.lang.Object
javax.security.auth.kerberos.KerberosCredMessage

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Destroyable`

public final class KerberosCredMessage extends Object implements Destroyable
This class encapsulates a Kerberos 5 KRB_CRED message which can be used to send Kerberos credentials from one principal to another.

A KRB_CRED message is defined in Section 5.8.1 of the Kerberos Protocol Specification (RFC 4120) as:

       KRB-CRED        ::= [APPLICATION 22] SEQUENCE {
               pvno            [0] INTEGER (5),
               msg-type        [1] INTEGER (22),
               tickets         [2] SEQUENCE OF Ticket,
               enc-part        [3] EncryptedData -- EncKrbCredPart
       }

Since:
  9

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor
  Description
  `KerberosCredMessage(KerberosPrincipal sender, KerberosPrincipal recipient, byte[] message)`
  Constructs a `KerberosCredMessage` object.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `void`
  `destroy()`
  Destroys this object by clearing out the message.
  `boolean`
  `equals(Object other)`
  Compares the specified object with this `KerberosCredMessage` for equality.
  `byte[]`
  `getEncoded()`
  Returns the DER encoded form of the KRB_CRED message.
  `KerberosPrincipal`
  `getRecipient()`
  Returns the recipient of this message.
  `KerberosPrincipal`
  `getSender()`
  Returns the sender of this message.
  `int`
  `hashCode()`
  Returns a hash code for this `KerberosCredMessage`.
  `String`
  `toString()`
  Returns an informative textual representation of this `KerberosCredMessage`.

  ### Methods declared in class Object

  `clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

  ### Methods declared in interface Destroyable

  `isDestroyed`

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### KerberosCredMessage

    public KerberosCredMessage(KerberosPrincipal sender, KerberosPrincipal recipient, byte[] message)
    Constructs a `KerberosCredMessage` object.

    The contents of the `message` argument are copied; subsequent modification of the byte array does not affect the newly created object.

    Parameters:
      `sender` - the sender of the message
      `recipient` - the recipient of the message
      `message` - the DER encoded KRB_CRED message
    Throws:
      `NullPointerException` - if any of sender, recipient or message is null

- ## Method Details

  - ### getEncoded

    public byte[] getEncoded()
    Returns the DER encoded form of the KRB_CRED message.
    Returns:
      a newly allocated byte array that contains the encoded form
    Throws:
      `IllegalStateException` - if the object is destroyed

  - ### getSender

    public KerberosPrincipal getSender()
    Returns the sender of this message.
    Returns:
      the sender
    Throws:
      `IllegalStateException` - if the object is destroyed

  - ### getRecipient

    public KerberosPrincipal getRecipient()
    Returns the recipient of this message.
    Returns:
      the recipient
    Throws:
      `IllegalStateException` - if the object is destroyed

  - ### destroy

    public void destroy()
    Destroys this object by clearing out the message.
    Specified by:
      `destroy` in interface `Destroyable`

  - ### toString

    public String toString()
    Returns an informative textual representation of this `KerberosCredMessage`.
    Overrides:
      `toString` in class `Object`
    Returns:
      an informative textual representation of this `KerberosCredMessage`.

  - ### hashCode

    public int hashCode()
    Returns a hash code for this `KerberosCredMessage`.
    Overrides:
      `hashCode` in class `Object`
    Returns:
      a hash code for this `KerberosCredMessage`
    See Also:
      - `Object.equals(java.lang.Object)`
      - `System.identityHashCode(Object)`

  - ### equals

    public boolean equals(Object other)
    Compares the specified object with this `KerberosCredMessage` for equality. Returns true if the given object is also a `KerberosCredMessage` and the two `KerberosCredMessage` instances are equivalent. More formally two `KerberosCredMessage` instances are equal if they have equal sender, recipient, and encoded KRB_CRED messages. A destroyed `KerberosCredMessage` object is only equal to itself.
    Overrides:
      `equals` in class `Object`
    Parameters:
      `other` - the object to compare to
    Returns:
      true if the specified object is equal to this `KerberosCredMessage`, false otherwise.
    See Also:
      - `Object.hashCode()`
      - `HashMap`