Package Credentials

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Initialisation file for the Credentials package, containing classes for working with different types of credential.

Version: 1.5

Date: 25 September 2007

Author: K.Harrison <Harrison@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk>

Submodules

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Ganga.GPIDev.Credentials.AfsToken: Module defining class for creating, querying and renewing AFS token
Ganga.GPIDev.Credentials.GridProxy: Module defining class for creating, querying and renewing Grid proxy
Ganga.GPIDev.Credentials.ICredential: Module defining interface class for working with credentials

Functions

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getCredential(name="", middleware="", create=True)
Function to return credential object of requested type

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Variables

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_credentialPlugins = {}

_allCredentials = {}

_voidCredentials = {}

logger = getLogger()

Function Details

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getCredential(name="", middleware="", create=True)

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Function to return credential object of requested type

Arguments:
   middleware - String specifying any middleware used with credential
   name       - String specifying credential type
   create     - Boole specifying:
                True  - requested credential should be created if
                        it doesn't exist
                False - no new credential should be created

Return value: Credential object of requested type if it exists or
              can be created, or False otherwise