org.mmbase.security
Class MMBaseCopConfig

java.lang.Object
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public class MMBaseCopConfig

extends java.lang.Object

This class is the main class of the security system. It loads the authentication and authorization classes if needed, and they can be requested from this manager.

Constructor Summary

MMBaseCopConfig(MMBaseCop mmbaseCop, java.io.File configFile)
The constructor, will load the classes for authorization and authentication with their config files, as specied in the xml from configUrl

Method Summary

boolean	checkSharedSecret(java.lang.String key) checks if the received shared secret is equals to your own shared secret
boolean	getActive() Returns the authorization class, which should be used(for optimizations)
Authentication	getAuthentication() Returns the authentication class, which should be used.
Authorization	getAuthorization() Returns the authorization class, which should be used.
java.lang.String	getSharedSecret() get the shared Secret
void	startWatching() starts tracking changes on the files...
void	stopWatching() stops tracking changes on the files...

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MMBaseCopConfig

public MMBaseCopConfig(MMBaseCop mmbaseCop,
                       java.io.File configFile)
                throws java.io.IOException,
                       java.lang.NoSuchMethodException,
                       SecurityException

The constructor, will load the classes for authorization and authentication with their config files, as specied in the xml from configUrl

Throws:

java.io.IOException - When reading the file failed

java.lang.NoSuchMethodException - When a tag was not specified

SecurityException - When the class could not be loaded

Method Detail

getAuthentication

public Authentication getAuthentication()

Returns the authentication class, which should be used.

Returns:

The authentication class which should be used.

getAuthorization

public Authorization getAuthorization()

Returns the authorization class, which should be used.

Returns:

The authorization class which should be used.

getActive

public boolean getActive()

Returns the authorization class, which should be used(for optimizations)

Returns:

trueWhen the SecurityManager should be used. falseWhen not.

checkSharedSecret

public boolean checkSharedSecret(java.lang.String key)

checks if the received shared secret is equals to your own shared secret

Parameters:

receive - shared secret

Returns:

true if received shared secret equals your own shared secret

stopWatching

public void stopWatching()

stops tracking changes on the files...

startWatching

public void startWatching()

starts tracking changes on the files...

getSharedSecret

public java.lang.String getSharedSecret()

get the shared Secret

Returns:

the shared Secret