Here you can find the source of getPublicCredential(Class
public static <C> C getPublicCredential(Class<C> type, Subject subject)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w ww . j a v a 2s . co m * JBoss, Home of Professional Open Source. * Copyright 2013, Red Hat, Inc., and individual contributors * as indicated by the @author tags. See the copyright.txt file in the * distribution for a full listing of individual contributors. * * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of * the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org. */ import javax.security.auth.Subject; public class Main { /** * Get the public credential of the given type. If multiple credentials of the given type exist, only * the first is returned. * * @return the public credential of the given type, or {@code null} if none was found */ public static <C> C getPublicCredential(Class<C> type, Subject subject) { for (Object cred : subject.getPublicCredentials()) { if (type.isInstance(cred)) { return type.cast(cred); } } return null; } }