doc: remove reference to "credentials object"

The reference is confusing because the object is actually of class
SecureContext. There is no object with class "credentials".

See: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/20432#issuecomment-441819285

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/26908
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
pull/26934/head
Sam Roberts 2019-03-25 12:12:17 -07:00
parent 8c69e06972
commit f11f180878
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@ -1400,7 +1400,9 @@ to `true`, other APIs that create secure contexts leave it unset.
from `process.argv` as the default value of the `sessionIdContext` option, other
APIs that create secure contexts have no default value.
The `tls.createSecureContext()` method creates a credentials object.
The `tls.createSecureContext()` method creates a `SecureContext` object. It is
usable as an argument to several `tls` APIs, such as [`tls.createServer()`][]
and [`server.addContext()`][], but has no public methods.
A key is *required* for ciphers that make use of certificates. Either `key` or
`pfx` can be used to provide it.
@ -1681,6 +1683,7 @@ where `secureSocket` has the same API as `pair.cleartext`.
[`net.Server.address()`]: net.html#net_server_address
[`net.Server`]: net.html#net_class_net_server
[`net.Socket`]: net.html#net_class_net_socket
[`server.addContext()`]: #tls_server_addcontext_hostname_context
[`server.getConnections()`]: net.html#net_server_getconnections_callback
[`server.getTicketKeys()`]: #tls_server_getticketkeys
[`server.listen()`]: net.html#net_server_listen