Deleting Credentials by using the Trust Manager API

Summary of steps
Deleting credentials using the Java API

You can programmatically delete a credential by using the Trust Manager API. When deleting a credential, you specify an alias that corresponds to the credential. Once deleted, a credential cannot be used to perform an operation.

Note: You cannot delete a credential into LiveCycle using web services.

Summary of steps

To delete a credential, perform the following steps:

Include project files.
Create a credential service client.
Perform the delete operation.

Include project files

Include necessary files into your development project. If you are creating a client application using Java, then include the necessary JAR files. The following JAR files must be added to your project’s classpath:

adobe-livecycle-client.jar
adobe-usermanager-client.jar
adobe-truststore-client.jar
adobe-utilities.jar (Required if LiveCycle is deployed on JBoss)
jbossall-client.jar (Required if LiveCycle is deployed on JBoss)

For information about the location of these JAR files, see Including LiveCycle Java library files.

Create a credential service client

Before you can programmatically delete a credential, create a Data Integration service client. When creating a service client, you define connection settings that are required to invoke a service. For information, see Setting connection properties.

Perform the delete operation

To delete a credential, specify the alias that corresponds to the credential. If you specify an alias that does not exist, an exception is thrown.

Deleting credentials using the Java API

Delete a credential from LiveCycle by using the Trust Manager API (Java):

Include project files

Include client JAR files, such as adobe-truststore-client.jar, in your Java project’s class path.
Create a credential service client
- Create a ServiceClientFactory object that contains connection properties.
- Create a CredentialServiceClient object by using its constructor and passing the ServiceClientFactory object.
Perform the delete operation

Invoke the CredentialServiceClient object’s deleteCredential method and pass a string value that specifies the alias value.