All Annotations of JAAS Reference Guide[Preview]

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• The JAAS framework defines the term
  subject to represent the source of a request.
  A subject may be any entity, such as a person or a service.
• rincipals represent Subject
  identities,
• Refreshable
  interface provides the capability for a credential to refresh
  itself. For example, a credential with a particular time-restricted lifespan
  may implement this interface to allow callers to refresh the time period
  for which it is valid.
• Destroyable
  interface provides the capability of destroying the contents
  within a credential