public
abstract
class
Provider
extends Properties
java.lang.Object | ||||
↳ | java.util.Dictionary<java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object> | |||
↳ | java.util.Hashtable<java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object> | |||
↳ | java.util.Properties | |||
↳ | java.security.Provider |
Known Direct Subclasses |
This class represents a "provider" for the Java Security API, where a provider implements some or all parts of Java Security. Services that a provider may implement include:
Each provider has a name and a version number, and is configured in each runtime it is installed in.
See The Provider Class in the "Java Cryptography Architecture API Specification & Reference" for information about how a particular type of provider, the cryptographic service provider, works and is installed. However, please note that a provider can be used to implement any security service in Java that uses a pluggable architecture with a choice of implementations that fit underneath.
Some provider implementations may encounter unrecoverable internal
errors during their operation, for example a failure to communicate with a
security token. A ProviderException
should be used to indicate
such errors.
The service type Provider
is reserved for use by the
security framework. Services of this type cannot be added, removed,
or modified by applications.
The following attributes are automatically placed in each Provider object:
Name | Value |
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Provider.id name |
String.valueOf(provider.getName()) |
Provider.id version |
String.valueOf(provider.getVersion()) |
Provider.id info |
String.valueOf(provider.getInfo()) |
Provider.id className |
provider.getClass().getName() |
Nested classes | |
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class |
Provider.Service
The description of a security service. |
Inherited fields |
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From
class
java.util.Properties
|
Protected constructors | |
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Provider(String name, double version, String info)
Constructs a provider with the specified name, version number, and information. |
Public methods | |
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void
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clear()
Clears this provider so that it no longer contains the properties used to look up facilities implemented by the provider. |
Enumeration<Object>
|
elements()
Returns an enumeration of the values in this hashtable. |
Set<Entry<Object, Object>>
|
entrySet()
Returns an unmodifiable Set view of the property entries contained in this Provider. |
void
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forEach(BiConsumer<? super Object, ? super Object> action)
Performs the given action for each entry in this map until all entries have been processed or the action throws an exception. |
Object
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get(Object key)
Returns the value to which the specified key is mapped,
or |
String
|
getInfo()
Returns a human-readable description of the provider and its services. |
String
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getName()
Returns the name of this provider. |
String
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getProperty(String key)
Searches for the property with the specified key in this property list. |
Provider.Service
|
getService(String type, String algorithm)
Get the service describing this Provider's implementation of the specified type of this algorithm or alias. |
Set<Provider.Service>
|
getServices()
Get an unmodifiable Set of all services supported by this Provider. |
double
|
getVersion()
Returns the version number for this provider. |
Set<Object>
|
keySet()
Returns an unmodifiable Set view of the property keys contained in this provider. |
Enumeration<Object>
|
keys()
Returns an enumeration of the keys in this hashtable. |
void
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load(InputStream inStream)
Reads a property list (key and element pairs) from the input stream. |
Object
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put(Object key, Object value)
Sets the |
void
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putAll(Map<?, ?> t)
Copies all of the mappings from the specified Map to this provider. |
Object
|
remove(Object key)
Removes the |
String
|
toString()
Returns a string with the name and the version number of this provider. |
Collection<Object>
|
values()
Returns an unmodifiable Collection view of the property values contained in this provider. |
Protected methods | |
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void
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putService(Provider.Service s)
Add a service. |
void
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removeService(Provider.Service s)
Remove a service previously added using
|
Inherited methods | |
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From
class
java.util.Properties
| |
From
class
java.util.Hashtable
| |
From
class
java.util.Dictionary
| |
From
class
java.lang.Object
| |
From
interface
java.util.Map
|
Provider (String name, double version, String info)
Constructs a provider with the specified name, version number, and information.
Parameters | |
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name |
String :
the provider name. |
version |
double :
the provider version number. |
info |
String :
a description of the provider and its services.
|
void clear ()
Clears this provider so that it no longer contains the properties used to look up facilities implemented by the provider.
First, if there is a security manager, its
checkSecurityAccess
method is called with the string
"clearProviderProperties."+name
(where name
is the provider name) to see if it's ok to clear this provider.
If the default implementation of checkSecurityAccess
is used (that is, that method is not overriden), then this results in
a call to the security manager's checkPermission
method
with a SecurityPermission("clearProviderProperties."+name)
permission.
Throws | |
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SecurityException |
if a security manager exists and its method
denies access to clear this provider |
Enumeration<Object> elements ()
Returns an enumeration of the values in this hashtable. Use the Enumeration methods on the returned object to fetch the elements sequentially.
Returns | |
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Enumeration<Object> |
an enumeration of the values in this hashtable. |
Set<Entry<Object, Object>> entrySet ()
Returns an unmodifiable Set view of the property entries contained in this Provider.
Returns | |
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Set<Entry<Object, Object>> |
a set view of the mappings contained in this map |
See also:
void forEach (BiConsumer<? super Object, ? super Object> action)
Performs the given action for each entry in this map until all entries have been processed or the action throws an exception. Unless otherwise specified by the implementing class, actions are performed in the order of entry set iteration (if an iteration order is specified.) Exceptions thrown by the action are relayed to the caller.
Parameters | |
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action |
BiConsumer :
The action to be performed for each entry |
Object get (Object key)
Returns the value to which the specified key is mapped,
or null
if this map contains no mapping for the key.
More formally, if this map contains a mapping from a key
k
to a value v
such that (key.equals(k))
,
then this method returns v
; otherwise it returns
null
. (There can be at most one such mapping.)
Parameters | |
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key |
Object :
the key whose associated value is to be returned |
Returns | |
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Object |
the value to which the specified key is mapped, or
null if this map contains no mapping for the key |
String getInfo ()
Returns a human-readable description of the provider and its services. This may return an HTML page, with relevant links.
Returns | |
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String |
a description of the provider and its services. |
String getName ()
Returns the name of this provider.
Returns | |
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String |
the name of this provider. |
String getProperty (String key)
Searches for the property with the specified key in this property list.
If the key is not found in this property list, the default property list,
and its defaults, recursively, are then checked. The method returns
null
if the property is not found.
Parameters | |
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key |
String :
the property key. |
Returns | |
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String |
the value in this property list with the specified key value. |
Provider.Service getService (String type, String algorithm)
Get the service describing this Provider's implementation of the
specified type of this algorithm or alias. If no such
implementation exists, this method returns null. If there are two
matching services, one added to this provider using
putService()
and one added via put()
,
the service added via putService()
is returned.
Parameters | |
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type |
String :
the type of service requested
(for example, MessageDigest ) |
algorithm |
String :
the case insensitive algorithm name (or alternate
alias) of the service requested (for example, SHA-1 ) |
Returns | |
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Provider.Service |
the service describing this Provider's matching service or null if no such service exists |
Throws | |
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NullPointerException |
if type or algorithm is null |
Set<Provider.Service> getServices ()
Get an unmodifiable Set of all services supported by this Provider.
Returns | |
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Set<Provider.Service> |
an unmodifiable Set of all services supported by this Provider |
double getVersion ()
Returns the version number for this provider.
Returns | |
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double |
the version number for this provider. |
Set<Object> keySet ()
Returns an unmodifiable Set view of the property keys contained in this provider.
Returns | |
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Set<Object> |
a set view of the keys contained in this map |
Enumeration<Object> keys ()
Returns an enumeration of the keys in this hashtable.
Returns | |
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Enumeration<Object> |
an enumeration of the keys in this hashtable. |
void load (InputStream inStream)
Reads a property list (key and element pairs) from the input stream.
Parameters | |
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inStream |
InputStream :
the input stream. |
Throws | |
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IOException |
if an error occurred when reading from the input stream. |
See also:
Object put (Object key, Object value)
Sets the key
property to have the specified
value
.
First, if there is a security manager, its
checkSecurityAccess
method is called with the string
"putProviderProperty."+name
, where name
is the
provider name, to see if it's ok to set this provider's property values.
If the default implementation of checkSecurityAccess
is used (that is, that method is not overriden), then this results in
a call to the security manager's checkPermission
method
with a SecurityPermission("putProviderProperty."+name)
permission.
Parameters | |
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key |
Object :
the property key. |
value |
Object :
the property value. |
Returns | |
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Object |
the previous value of the specified property
(key ), or null if it did not have one. |
Throws | |
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SecurityException |
if a security manager exists and its method
denies access to set property values. |
void putAll (Map<?, ?> t)
Copies all of the mappings from the specified Map to this provider. These mappings will replace any properties that this provider had for any of the keys currently in the specified Map.
Parameters | |
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t |
Map :
mappings to be stored in this map |
Object remove (Object key)
Removes the key
property (and its corresponding
value
).
First, if there is a security manager, its
checkSecurityAccess
method is called with the string
"removeProviderProperty."+name
, where name
is
the provider name, to see if it's ok to remove this provider's
properties. If the default implementation of
checkSecurityAccess
is used (that is, that method is not
overriden), then this results in a call to the security manager's
checkPermission
method with a
SecurityPermission("removeProviderProperty."+name)
permission.
Parameters | |
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key |
Object :
the key for the property to be removed. |
Returns | |
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Object |
the value to which the key had been mapped, or null if the key did not have a mapping. |
Throws | |
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SecurityException |
if a security manager exists and its method
denies access to remove this provider's properties. |
String toString ()
Returns a string with the name and the version number of this provider.
Returns | |
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String |
the string with the name and the version number for this provider. |
Collection<Object> values ()
Returns an unmodifiable Collection view of the property values contained in this provider.
Returns | |
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Collection<Object> |
a collection view of the values contained in this map |
void putService (Provider.Service s)
Add a service. If a service of the same type with the same algorithm
name exists and it was added using putService()
,
it is replaced by the new service.
This method also places information about this service
in the provider's Hashtable values in the format described in the
Java Cryptography Architecture API Specification & Reference .
Also, if there is a security manager, its
checkSecurityAccess
method is called with the string
"putProviderProperty."+name
, where name
is
the provider name, to see if it's ok to set this provider's property
values. If the default implementation of checkSecurityAccess
is used (that is, that method is not overriden), then this results in
a call to the security manager's checkPermission
method with
a SecurityPermission("putProviderProperty."+name)
permission.
Parameters | |
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s |
Provider.Service :
the Service to add |
Throws | |
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SecurityException |
if a security manager exists and its method denies
access to set property values. |
NullPointerException |
if s is null |
void removeService (Provider.Service s)
Remove a service previously added using
putService()
. The specified service is removed from
this provider. It will no longer be returned by
getService()
and its information will be removed
from this provider's Hashtable.
Also, if there is a security manager, its
checkSecurityAccess
method is called with the string
"removeProviderProperty."+name
, where name
is
the provider name, to see if it's ok to remove this provider's
properties. If the default implementation of
checkSecurityAccess
is used (that is, that method is not
overriden), then this results in a call to the security manager's
checkPermission
method with a
SecurityPermission("removeProviderProperty."+name)
permission.
Parameters | |
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s |
Provider.Service :
the Service to be removed |
Throws | |
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SecurityException |
if a security manager exists and its method denies
access to remove this provider's properties. |
NullPointerException |
if s is null |