com.oracle.meep.security

Class AuthenticationProvider

java.lang.Object

com.oracle.meep.security.Provider

com.oracle.meep.security.AuthenticationProvider

public abstract class AuthenticationProvider
extends com.oracle.meep.security.Provider

This class implements core functionality of the authentication provider. Concrete classes must override abstract methods to implement particular authentication scheme.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	AuthenticationProvider() Creates AuthenticationProvider instance.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract java.util.List<Client>	authenticateApplication(MIDletProperties properties, java.io.InputStream jarStream) Authenticates an application.
static AuthenticationProvider	getAuthenticationProvider() Return the reference to the authentication provider instance.
abstract void	initialize() Authentication provider initialization.
protected static void	reportCriticalError(java.lang.String message) Reports critical error via logging subsystems
protected static void	reportCriticalError(java.lang.String message, java.lang.Throwable cause) Reports critical error via logging subsystems

Methods inherited from class com.oracle.meep.security.Provider

getPolicy

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AuthenticationProvider

protected AuthenticationProvider()

Creates AuthenticationProvider instance. This method is executed in privileged thread. Overriding implementation must not call security sensitive API in other threads.

Method Detail

getAuthenticationProvider

public static AuthenticationProvider getAuthenticationProvider()

Return the reference to the authentication provider instance. This method is executed in privileged context.

Returns:

authentication provider instance

authenticateApplication

public abstract java.util.List<Client> authenticateApplication(MIDletProperties properties,
                                             java.io.InputStream jarStream)
                                                        throws AuthenticationProviderException

Authenticates an application. Must be implemented by specific provider instance. This method is executed in privileged thread. Overriding implementation must not call security sensitive API in other threads.

Parameters:

properties - application properties supplied by the runtime

jarStream - stream with application jar

Returns:

client client to which the application is assigned

Throws:

AuthenticationProviderException - in case there is authentication error

initialize

public abstract void initialize()

Authentication provider initialization. This method is executed in privileged thread. Overriding implementation must not call security sensitive API in other threads.

Specified by:

initialize in class com.oracle.meep.security.Provider

reportCriticalError

protected static void reportCriticalError(java.lang.String message)

Reports critical error via logging subsystems

Parameters:

message - message to report

Throws:

java.lang.RuntimeException - with the specified message

reportCriticalError

protected static void reportCriticalError(java.lang.String message,
                       java.lang.Throwable cause)

Reports critical error via logging subsystems

Parameters:

message - message to report

cause - exception that caused the error

Throws:

java.lang.RuntimeException - with the specified message