iaik.security.smime

Class encrypted_content

java.lang.Object

iaik.security.smime.encrypted_content

All Implemented Interfaces:

jakarta.activation.DataContentHandler

public class encrypted_content
extends java.lang.Object
implements jakarta.activation.DataContentHandler

This class implements a DataContentHandler for the MIME type: "application/(x-)pkcs7-mime".

Within the Jakarta Activation Framework (JAF) data content handlers are used for writing certain data objects to streams, and parsing objects back from streams. Generally, applications do not immediately call the methods of a data content handler. Rather they use the access mechanisms provided by the corresponding DataHandler. The data handler itself internally will look for a proper data content handler supporting a the requested S/MIME type.

The JAF uses a RFC1524 mailcap file for defining Java classes as content handlers for specific mime types. In particular, this encrypted_content class acts as a content handler for the S/MIME type application/x-pkcs7-mime, indicated by the following statement in the corresponding mailcap file::

 application/x-pkcs7-mime;;             x-java-content-handler=iaik.security.smime.encrypted_content
 

And for recognizing the new content type:

 application/pkcs7-mime;;               x-java-content-handler=iaik.security.smime.encrypted_content
 

Note that the IAIK-S/MIME distribution includes a ready-to-use mailcap file to be copied in the lib directory of your JDK (/lib)!

More information about the Jakarta Activation API may be obtained from https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/ee4j.jaf.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
encrypted_content() Default constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	getContent(jakarta.activation.DataSource dataSource) Returns an object representing the data which is encapsulated by the supplied dataSource.
java.lang.Object	getTransferData(jakarta.activation.ActivationDataFlavor df, jakarta.activation.DataSource ds)
jakarta.activation.ActivationDataFlavor[]	getTransferDataFlavors()
void	writeTo(java.lang.Object o, java.lang.String mimeType, java.io.OutputStream os) Writes the supplied object to the given output stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

encrypted_content

public encrypted_content()

Default constructor.

Method Detail

getContent

public java.lang.Object getContent(jakarta.activation.DataSource dataSource)
                            throws java.io.IOException

Returns an object representing the data which is encapsulated by the supplied dataSource.

Specified by:

getContent in interface jakarta.activation.DataContentHandler

Parameters:

dataSource - the data source supplying the encapsulated data

Returns:

a EncryptedContent or SignedContent object representing the supplied data

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurs when parsing the data

writeTo

public void writeTo(java.lang.Object o,
                    java.lang.String mimeType,
                    java.io.OutputStream os)
             throws java.io.IOException

Writes the supplied object to the given output stream.

This method only is able to handle objects supplied as instances of EncryptedContent or SignedContent. If the given object does not satisfy this criterion, an IOException is thrown.

Specified by:

writeTo in interface jakarta.activation.DataContentHandler

Parameters:

o - the object (an instance of EncryptedContent or SignedContent) to be written to the stream

mimeType - the mimeType; not used here

os - the output stream to which to write the data

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the supplied object is not an instance of SignedContent or EncryptedContent, or an error occurs while writing to the stream

getTransferData

public java.lang.Object getTransferData(jakarta.activation.ActivationDataFlavor df,
                                        jakarta.activation.DataSource ds)
                                 throws java.io.IOException

Specified by:

getTransferData in interface jakarta.activation.DataContentHandler

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getTransferDataFlavors

public jakarta.activation.ActivationDataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors()

Specified by:

getTransferDataFlavors in interface jakarta.activation.DataContentHandler