com.entrust.toolkit.credentials

Class CredentialReader

java.lang.Object

com.entrust.toolkit.credentials.CredentialReader

Direct Known Subclasses:

CapiCredentialReader, CMPCredentialReader, FilenameProfileReader, PKCS12Reader, RoamingCredentialReader, StreamProfileReader, TokenReader, UALCredentialReader

public abstract class CredentialReader
extends java.lang.Object

This is the abstract super class all credential readers. Its purpose is to provide the common functionality required by its sub-classes.

The Toolkit provides the following credential readers:

• CredentialCreator
• CredentialRecoverer
• CapiCredentialReader
• FilenameProfileReader
• PKCS12Reader
• RoamingCredentialReader
• SingleLoginReader
• StreamProfileReader
• TokenCredentialCreator
• TokenCredentialRecoverer
• TokenReader
• UALCredentialReader

See Also:

CredentialWriter, User

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CredentialReader() The default constructor.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	checkPwd(User user, SecureStringBuffer password) Checks the user's password to ensure it obeys the password rules found in the user's policy settings.
abstract java.lang.String	getType() Returns the type (name) of this specific credential reader.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CredentialReader

public CredentialReader()

The default constructor.

It sets the default Toolkit Providers in the Java Cryptographic Architecure appropiately.

Method Detail

checkPwd

public void checkPwd(User user,
            SecureStringBuffer password)
              throws UserBadPasswordException,
                     java.security.cert.CertificateException

Checks the user's password to ensure it obeys the password rules found in the user's policy settings.

Parameters:

user - the user whose password is being checked

password - the password to check.

Throws:

java.security.cert.CertificateException - thrown if there is a problem with the user's policy certificates

UserBadPasswordException - thrown if the user's password does not follow the password rules in their policy settings

getType

public abstract java.lang.String getType()

Returns the type (name) of this specific credential reader.

Returns:

the type (name) of credential reader