org.jwat.common

Class SecurityProviderTools

java.lang.Object

org.jwat.common.SecurityProviderTools

public class SecurityProviderTools
extends java.lang.Object

Security Provider helper class.

Author:

nicl

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	SecurityProviderTools() Constructor not used as of yet.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.security.Provider[]	getSecurityProviders() Returns an array of available security providers.
static boolean	isProviderAvailable(java.security.Provider[] providers, java.lang.String providerName) Check to see if a specific security provider is present in the supplied array of providers.
static boolean	loadBCProvider() Method to load the BouncyCastle(BC) security provider.
static boolean	loadProvider(java.lang.String providerName) Attempt to load a security provider and add it to the system list of providers.
static void	printSecurityProviders(java.security.Provider[] providers) Output a list of security providers to the console.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SecurityProviderTools

protected SecurityProviderTools()

Constructor not used as of yet.

Method Detail

getSecurityProviders

public static java.security.Provider[] getSecurityProviders()

Returns an array of available security providers.

Returns:

array of available security providers

isProviderAvailable

public static boolean isProviderAvailable(java.security.Provider[] providers,
                                          java.lang.String providerName)

Check to see if a specific security provider is present in the supplied array of providers.

Parameters:

providers - array of security providers

providerName - provider name to check for

Returns:

true if the provider is present in the array, false otherwise

loadBCProvider

public static boolean loadBCProvider()

Method to load the BouncyCastle(BC) security provider.

Returns:

true if the BouncyCastle security provider is available, false otherwise

loadProvider

public static boolean loadProvider(java.lang.String providerName)

Attempt to load a security provider and add it to the system list of providers.

Parameters:

providerName - provider class name

Returns:

true if the security provider is now available, false otherwise

printSecurityProviders

public static void printSecurityProviders(java.security.Provider[] providers)

Output a list of security providers to the console.

Parameters:

providers - list of security providers