org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth

## Interface Credentials

- All Known Implementing Classes:
    BearerToken, KerberosCredentials, NTCredentials, UsernamePasswordCredentials

      public interface Credentials

  This interface represents a set of credentials consisting of a security principal and a secret (password) that can be used to establish user identity
  Since:
    4.0

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Deprecated Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `char[]` | `getPassword()` Deprecated. Use specific credentials class that represent a username / password set of a security token.
    `Principal` | `getUserPrincipal()`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getUserPrincipal

          Principal getUserPrincipal()

    - #### getPassword

          @Deprecated
          char[] getPassword()

      Deprecated. Use specific credentials class that represent a username / password set of a security token.

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