Uses of Class org.ietf.jgss.Oid (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2026-04-24

## Uses of Class
org.ietf.jgss.Oid

- Packages that use Oid
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  org.ietf.jgss | This package presents a framework that allows application developers to make use of security services like authentication, data integrity and data confidentiality from a variety of underlying security mechanisms like Kerberos, using a unified API.

- - ### Uses of Oid in org.ietf.jgss

    Fields in org.ietf.jgss declared as Oid
    Modifier and Type | Field and Description
    --- | ---
    `static Oid` | GSSName.`NT_ANONYMOUS` Name type for representing an anonymous entity.
    `static Oid` | GSSName.`NT_EXPORT_NAME` Name type used to indicate an exported name produced by the export method.
    `static Oid` | GSSName.`NT_HOSTBASED_SERVICE` Oid indicating a host-based service name form.
    `static Oid` | GSSName.`NT_MACHINE_UID_NAME` Name type to indicate a numeric user identifier corresponding to a user on a local system.
    `static Oid` | GSSName.`NT_STRING_UID_NAME` Name type to indicate a string of digits representing the numeric user identifier of a user on a local system.
    `static Oid` | GSSName.`NT_USER_NAME` Name type to indicate a named user on a local system.

    Methods in org.ietf.jgss that return Oid
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Oid` | GSSContext.`getMech()` Determines what mechanism is being used for this context.
    `Oid[]` | GSSCredential.`getMechs()` Returns a list of mechanisms supported by this credential.
    `abstract Oid[]` | GSSManager.`getMechs()` Returns a list of mechanisms that are available to GSS-API callers through this GSSManager.
    `abstract Oid[]` | GSSManager.`getMechsForName(Oid nameType)` Returns a list of mechanisms that support the indicated name type.
    `abstract Oid[]` | GSSManager.`getNamesForMech(Oid mech)` Returns then name types supported by the indicated mechanism.
    `Oid` | GSSName.`getStringNameType()` Returns the name type of the printable representation of this name that can be obtained from the `toString` method.

    Methods in org.ietf.jgss with parameters of type Oid
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | GSSCredential.`add(GSSName name, int initLifetime, int acceptLifetime, Oid mech, int usage)` Adds a mechanism specific credential-element to an existing credential.
    `abstract void` | GSSManager.`addProviderAtEnd(Provider p, Oid mech)` This method is used to indicate to the GSSManager that the application would like a particular provider to be used if no other provider can be found that supports the given mechanism.
    `abstract void` | GSSManager.`addProviderAtFront(Provider p, Oid mech)` This method is used to indicate to the GSSManager that the application would like a particular provider to be used ahead of all others when support is desired for the given mechanism.
    `GSSName` | GSSName.`canonicalize(Oid mech)` Creates a name that is canonicalized for some mechanism.
    `boolean` | Oid.`containedIn(Oid[] oids)` A utility method to test if this Oid value is contained within the supplied Oid array.
    `abstract GSSContext` | GSSManager.`createContext(GSSName peer, Oid mech, GSSCredential myCred, int lifetime)` Factory method for creating a context on the initiator's side.
    `abstract GSSCredential` | GSSManager.`createCredential(GSSName name, int lifetime, Oid[] mechs, int usage)` Factory method for acquiring credentials over a set of mechanisms.
    `abstract GSSCredential` | GSSManager.`createCredential(GSSName name, int lifetime, Oid mech, int usage)` Factory method for acquiring a single mechanism credential.
    `abstract GSSName` | GSSManager.`createName(byte[] name, Oid nameType)` Factory method to convert a byte array containing a name from the specified namespace to a GSSName object.
    `abstract GSSName` | GSSManager.`createName(byte[] name, Oid nameType, Oid mech)` Factory method to convert a byte array containing a name from the specified namespace to a GSSName object and canonicalize it at the same time for a mechanism.
    `abstract GSSName` | GSSManager.`createName(String nameStr, Oid nameType)` Factory method to convert a string name from the specified namespace to a GSSName object.
    `abstract GSSName` | GSSManager.`createName(String nameStr, Oid nameType, Oid mech)` Factory method to convert a string name from the specified namespace to a GSSName object and canonicalize it at the same time for a mechanism.
    `abstract Oid[]` | GSSManager.`getMechsForName(Oid nameType)` Returns a list of mechanisms that support the indicated name type.
    `GSSName` | GSSCredential.`getName(Oid mech)` Retrieves a Mechanism Name of the entity that the credential asserts.
    `abstract Oid[]` | GSSManager.`getNamesForMech(Oid mech)` Returns then name types supported by the indicated mechanism.
    `int` | GSSCredential.`getRemainingAcceptLifetime(Oid mech)` Returns the lifetime in seconds for the credential to remain capable of accepting security contexts using the specified mechanism.
    `int` | GSSCredential.`getRemainingInitLifetime(Oid mech)` Returns the lifetime in seconds for the credential to remain capable of initiating security contexts using the specified mechanism.
    `int` | GSSCredential.`getUsage(Oid mech)` Returns the credential usage mode for a specific mechanism.

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