com.sun.identity.saml.xmlsig
Interface KeyProvider

public interface KeyProvider

The class KeyProvider is an interface that is implemented to retrieve X509Certificates and Private Keys from user data store.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getCertificateAlias(java.security.cert.Certificate cert) Get the alias name of the first keystore entry whose certificate matches the given certificate.
java.security.PrivateKey	getPrivateKey(java.lang.String certAlias) Return java.security.PrivateKey for the specified certAlias.
java.security.PublicKey	getPublicKey(java.lang.String keyAlias) Return java.security.PublicKey for the specified keyAlias
java.security.cert.X509Certificate	getX509Certificate(java.lang.String certAlias) Return java.security.cert.X509Certificate for the specified certAlias.
void	setKey(java.lang.String storepass, java.lang.String keypass) Set the key to access key store database.

Method Detail

setKey

public void setKey(java.lang.String storepass,
                   java.lang.String keypass)

Set the key to access key store database. This method will only need to be calles once if the key could not be obtained by other means.

Parameters:

storepass - password for the key store

keypass - password for the certificate

getX509Certificate

public java.security.cert.X509Certificate getX509Certificate(java.lang.String certAlias)

Return java.security.cert.X509Certificate for the specified certAlias.

Parameters:

certAlias - Certificate alias name

Returns:

X509Certificate which matches the certAlias, return null if the certificate could not be found.

getPublicKey

public java.security.PublicKey getPublicKey(java.lang.String keyAlias)

Return java.security.PublicKey for the specified keyAlias

Parameters:

keyAlias - Key alias name

Returns:

PublicKey which matches the keyAlias, return null if the PublicKey could not be found.

getPrivateKey

public java.security.PrivateKey getPrivateKey(java.lang.String certAlias)

Return java.security.PrivateKey for the specified certAlias.

Parameters:

certAlias - Certificate alias name

Returns:

PrivateKey which matches the certAlias, return null if the private key could not be found.

getCertificateAlias

public java.lang.String getCertificateAlias(java.security.cert.Certificate cert)

Get the alias name of the first keystore entry whose certificate matches the given certificate.

Parameters:

cert - Certificate

Returns:

the (alias) name of the first entry with matching certificate, or null if no such entry exists in this keystore. If the keystore has not been loaded properly, return null as well.