org.mmbase.security
Class MMBaseCop

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

public class MMBaseCop
extends 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 34900 2009-05-01 16:29:42Z michiel $

Author:

Eduard Witteveen

Javadoc:

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.lang.SecurityManager

inCheck

Constructor Summary

MMBaseCop()
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(String received) checks if the received shared secret is equals to your own shared secret
protected void	copyActions(ActionRepository source, ActionRepository destination)
ActionRepository	getActionRepository()
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.
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()
          throws IOException,
                 NoSuchMethodException,
                 SecurityException

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

Throws:

IOException - When reading the file failed

NoSuchMethodException - When a tag was not specified

SecurityException - When the class could not be loaded

Method Detail

copyActions

protected void copyActions(ActionRepository source,
                           ActionRepository destination)

Since:

MMBase-1.9

reload

public void reload()
            throws IOException,
                   NoSuchMethodException,
                   SecurityException

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

Throws:

IOException - When reading the file failed

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.

getActionRepository

public ActionRepository getActionRepository()

Since:

MMBase-1.9

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(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

getSharedSecret

public String getSharedSecret()

get the shared Secret

Returns:

the shared Secret