org.mmbase.security
Class MMBaseCopConfig

java.lang.Object
  org.mmbase.security.MMBaseCopConfig

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.

Version:

$Id: MMBaseCopConfig.java,v 1.16.2.1 2004/05/24 17:11:56 michiel Exp $

Author:

Eduard Witteveen

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Field Summary

static java.lang.String	DTD_SECURITY_1_0 DTD resource filename of the Builder DTD version 1.0
static java.lang.String	PUBLIC_ID_SECURITY_1_0 Public ID of the Builder DTD version 1.0

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 received) 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
static void	registerPublicIDs()
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

Field Detail

PUBLIC_ID_SECURITY_1_0

public static final java.lang.String PUBLIC_ID_SECURITY_1_0

Public ID of the Builder DTD version 1.0

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Constant Field Values

DTD_SECURITY_1_0

public static final java.lang.String DTD_SECURITY_1_0

DTD resource filename of the Builder DTD version 1.0

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Constant Field Values

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

Parameters:

mmbaseCop - The MMBaseCop for which this is a configurator

configFile - 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

registerPublicIDs

public static void registerPublicIDs()

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 received)

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

Parameters:

received - 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