org.apache.tomcat.vault.security

Class Util

java.lang.Object

org.apache.tomcat.vault.security.Util

public class Util
extends Object

Util.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Scott.Stark@jboss.org, Adrian Brock

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Util()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	isFIPS() Check for FIPS (vault can't be used with FIPS).
static boolean	isPasswordCommand(char[] passwordCmd) Checks whether password can be loaded by loadPassword(String).
static boolean	isPasswordCommand(String passwordCmd) Checks whether password can be loaded by loadPassword(String).
static char[]	loadPassword(String passwordCmd) Execute a password load command to obtain the char[] contents of a password.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Util

public Util()

Method Detail

loadPassword

public static char[] loadPassword(String passwordCmd)
                           throws Exception

Execute a password load command to obtain the char[] contents of a password.

Parameters:

passwordCmd - - A command to execute to obtain the plaintext password. The format is one of: '{EXT}...' where the '...' is the exact command '{EXTC[:expiration_in_millis]}...' where the '...' is the exact command line that will be passed to the Runtime.exec(String) method to execute a platform command. The first line of the command output is used as the password. EXTC variant will cache the passwords for expiration_in_millis milliseconds. Default cache expiration is 0 = infinity. '{CMD}...' or '{CMDC[:expiration_in_millis]}...' for a general command to execute. The general command is a string delimited by ',' where the first part is the actual command and further parts represents its parameters. The comma can be backslashed in order to keep it as a part of the parameter.

Returns:

the password characters

Throws:

Exception

isPasswordCommand

public static boolean isPasswordCommand(String passwordCmd)

Checks whether password can be loaded by loadPassword(String).

Parameters:

passwordCmd - a potential password command

Returns:

true if password can be loaded by loadPassword(String), false otherwise.

isPasswordCommand

public static boolean isPasswordCommand(char[] passwordCmd)

Checks whether password can be loaded by loadPassword(String).

Parameters:

passwordCmd - a potential password command

Returns:

true if password can be loaded by loadPassword(String), false otherwise.

isFIPS

public static boolean isFIPS()

Check for FIPS (vault can't be used with FIPS).

Returns: