org.mmbase.security
Class MMBaseCop

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.lang.SecurityManager
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        +--org.mmbase.security.MMBaseCop

public class MMBaseCop

extends java.lang.SecurityManager

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.

Version:

$Id: MMBaseCop.java,v 1.13 2002/06/25 12:30:44 michiel Exp $

Author:

Eduard Witteveen

Fields inherited from class java.lang.SecurityManager

inCheck

Constructor Summary

MMBaseCop(java.lang.String configPath)
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	reload() reload, will load the classes for authorization and authentication with their config files, as specied in the xml from configUrl

Methods inherited from class java.lang.SecurityManager

checkAccept, checkAccess, checkAccess, checkAwtEventQueueAccess, checkConnect, checkConnect, checkCreateClassLoader, checkDelete, checkExec, checkExit, checkLink, checkListen, checkMemberAccess, checkMulticast, checkMulticast, checkPackageAccess, checkPackageDefinition, checkPermission, checkPermission, checkPrintJobAccess, checkPropertiesAccess, checkPropertyAccess, checkRead, checkRead, checkRead, checkSecurityAccess, checkSetFactory, checkSystemClipboardAccess, checkTopLevelWindow, checkWrite, checkWrite, classDepth, classLoaderDepth, currentClassLoader, currentLoadedClass, getClassContext, getInCheck, getSecurityContext, getThreadGroup, inClass, inClassLoader

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MMBaseCop

public MMBaseCop(java.lang.String configPath)
          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

Parameters:

configPath - Path to the security configuration file (security.xml)

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

reload

public void reload()
            throws java.io.IOException,
                   java.lang.NoSuchMethodException,
                   SecurityException

reload, 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

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

getSharedSecret

public java.lang.String getSharedSecret()

get the shared Secret

Returns:

the shared Secret