Overview (Keyring API)

Keyring API
Package	Description
org.netbeans.api.keyring	API for secure storage of user secrets such as passwords.
org.netbeans.spi.keyring	Service provider interface for adding native keyring implementations.

Provides an API and SPI for accessing native keyrings, used for securely storing passwords.

What is New (see all changes)?

Jan 6 '12 Keyring API usable from any thread

It hasn't been allowed to call the Keyring from EDT. This change removes the limitation as the need to read password from the UI is not so rare. To resolve this people had to code custom threading solution to prevent possible deadlock on fallback implementation of the keyring API.
Dec 11 '09 Keyring API created

A new API was created for securely storing user passwords. Where possible it uses a native keyring.

Use Cases

XXX no answer for arch-usecases

Exported Interfaces

This table lists all of the module exported APIs with defined stability classifications. It is generated based on answers to questions about the architecture of the module. Read them all...

Group of java interfaces

Interface Name	In/Out	Stability	Specified in What Document?
Keyring-API	Exported	Official	Other modules can access the keyring, or add implementations.

Implementation Details

Where are the sources for the module?

The sources for the module are in the NetBeans Mercurial repositories.

What do other modules need to do to declare a dependency on this one, in addition to or instead of a plain module dependency?

XXX no answer for deploy-dependencies

Read more about the implementation in the answers to architecture questions.

Keyring APIOfficial