NAME

Authen::PAAS::Credential - represents a credential for a subject

SYNOPSIS

use Authen::PAAS::Credential;

my $cred = Authen::PAAS::Credential->new(name => "krb5ticket");

print $cred->name, "\n";

DESCRIPTION

The Authen::PAAS::Credential module represents a credential for an authenticated subject. A credential is merely an abstract token generated during the authentication process. This module would be subclassed by Authen::PAAS::LoginModule implementations to provide module specific data.

METHODS

$cred = Authen::PAAS::Credential->new(name => $name);

Create a new credential assigning it the name given by the name parameter to the method. This constructor is usually only used by sub-classes.

$name = $cred->name;

Retrieves the name of this credential.

AUTHORS

Daniel Berrange <dan@berrange.com>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Daniel Berrange

SEE ALSO

Authen::PAAS::Subject, Authen::PAAS::Principal