com.ibm.security.auth.login
Class ConfigFile

java.lang.Object
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  +--javax.security.auth.login.Configuration
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        +--com.ibm.security.auth.login.ConfigFile

public class ConfigFile

extends Configuration

This class represents a default implementation for javax.security.auth.login.Configuration.

This object stores the runtime login configuration representation, and is the amalgamation of multiple static login configurations that resides in files. The algorithm for locating the login configuration file(s) and reading their information into this Configuration object is:

1. Loop through the java.security.Security properties, login.config.url.1, login.config.url.2, ..., login.config.url.X. These properties are set in the Java security properties file, which is located in the file named <JAVA_HOME>/lib/security/java.security, where <JAVA_HOME> refers to the directory where the JDK was installed. Each property value specifies a URL pointing to a login configuration file to be loaded. Read in and load each configuration.
2. The java.lang.System property java.security.auth.login.config may also be set to a URL pointing to another login configuration file (which is the case when a user uses the -D switch at runtime). If this property is defined, and its use is allowed by the security property file (the Security property, policy.allowSystemProperty is set to true), also load that login configuration.
3. If the java.security.auth.login.config property is defined using "==" (rather than "="), then ignore all other specified login configurations and only load this configuration.
4. If no system or security properties were set, try to read from the file, ${user.home}/.java.login.config, where ${user.home} is the value represented by the "user.home" System property.

The configuration syntax supported by this implementation is exactly that syntax specified in the javax.security.auth.login.Configuration class.

Version:

1.6, 01/14/00

See Also:

LoginContext

Constructor Summary

ConfigFile()
Create a new Configuration object.

Method Summary

AppConfigurationEntry[]	java.lang.String)">getAppConfigurationEntry(java.lang.String applicationName) Retrieve an entry from the Configuration using an application name as an index.
void	refresh() Refresh and reload the Configuration by re-reading all of the login configurations.

Methods inherited from class javax.security.auth.login.Configuration

getConfiguration, setConfiguration

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConfigFile

public ConfigFile()

Create a new Configuration object.

Method Detail

java.lang.String)">

getAppConfigurationEntry

public AppConfigurationEntry[] getAppConfigurationEntry(java.lang.String applicationName)

Retrieve an entry from the Configuration using an application name as an index.

Overrides:

java.lang.String)">getAppConfigurationEntry in class Configuration

Parameters:

applicationName - the name used to index the Configuration.

Returns:

an array of AppConfigurationEntries which correspond to the stacked configuration of LoginModules for this application, or null if this application has no configured LoginModules.

refresh

public void refresh()

Refresh and reload the Configuration by re-reading all of the login configurations.

Overrides:

refresh in class Configuration

Throws:

java.lang.SecurityException - if the caller does not have permission to refresh the Configuration.