com.novell.nds.dirxml.shimhost
Class Password

java.lang.Object
  com.novell.nds.dirxml.shimhost.Password

All Implemented Interfaces:

ConfigElement

Direct Known Subclasses:

NamedPasswords.NamedPassword

public class Password
extends Object
implements ConfigElement

Encapsulation of common password behavior needed by other classes in this package.

Field Summary

protected boolean	modified
static String	TAG_PASSWORD Default tag name for XML element enclosing password data
static char	ZERO_CHAR Convenience value: ''

Constructor Summary

Password()
Create an empty Password instance.

Password(char[] plainPassword)
Create a Password instance with the passed plain password value and a default tag name of "password".

Password(char[] plainPassword, char[] pwdPassword)
Create a Password instance with the passed plain password value and a default tag name of "password".

Password(Element pwdElement, boolean secure)
Construct a Password instance from an Element containing password data.

Password(Node parent, boolean secure)
Construct a Password instance from a <password> element.

Password(Node parent, String tagName, boolean secure)
Construct a Password instance from an element with the passed tag name.

Method Summary

void	clear() Set the password to null.
static void	clearPassword(char[] passwordChars) Convenience method to fill an array of characters with zero.
protected void	finalize() Finalizer.
char[]	getPassword() Get the plaintext password value from this instance.
char[]	getPassword(char[] pwdPassword) Get the plaintext password value from this instance.
String	getTagName() Get the tag name to use for XML representations of this instance.
boolean	hasBeenModified() Return true if this instance has been modified.
boolean	isEmpty() Return whether or not there is a non-empty password set.
boolean	isEmpty(char[] pwdPassword) Return whether or not there is a non-empty password set.
boolean	isEncrypted() Return true if the password associated with this instance is encrypted.
void	resetModified() Reset the modified flag for this instance such that hasBeenModified() will return false.
void	setEncrypted(char[] passwordPwd) Encrypt the unencrypted password associated with this instance.
void	setPassword(byte[] passwordData) Set encrypted password data for this instance.
void	setPassword(char[] password) Set the plaintext password value for this instance.
void	setPassword(char[] password, char[] passwordPwd) Set an encrypted password for this instance.
void	setTagName(String tagName) Set the tag name to use for XML representations of this instance
void	setUnencrypted(char[] passwordPwd) Unencrypt the encryped password associated with this instance.
Element	toXML(Node parent) Construct an XML representation of this Password instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

TAG_PASSWORD

public static final String TAG_PASSWORD

Default tag name for XML element enclosing password data

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Constant Field Values

ZERO_CHAR

public static final char ZERO_CHAR

Convenience value: ''

See Also:

Constant Field Values

modified

protected boolean modified

Constructor Detail

Password

public Password()

Create an empty Password instance.

Password

public Password(char[] plainPassword)

Create a Password instance with the passed plain password value and a default tag name of "password".

Parameters:

plainPassword - password characters

Password

public Password(char[] plainPassword,
                char[] pwdPassword)
         throws CipherException

Create a Password instance with the passed plain password value and a default tag name of "password". The plain password value will be encrypted using the "password password" parameter.

Parameters:

plainPassword - password characters

pwdPassword - password used to encrypt the plain password characters

Throws:

CipherException - if an error occurs while encrypting the plaintext password

Password

public Password(Node parent,
                boolean secure)
         throws XMLException

Construct a Password instance from a <password> element.

Parameters:

parent - Node with a <password> element child

secure - true if the content of the <password> element is base-64 encoded encrypted password data

Throws:

XMLException - if the XML data is incorrect

Password

public Password(Node parent,
                String tagName,
                boolean secure)
         throws XMLException

Construct a Password instance from an element with the passed tag name.

Parameters:

parent - Node with an element child containing password data

tagName - name of element containing password data

secure - true if the content of the <password> element is base-64 encoded encrypted password data

Throws:

XMLException - if the XML data is incorrect

Password

public Password(Element pwdElement,
                boolean secure)
         throws IllegalArgumentException,
                XMLException

Construct a Password instance from an Element containing password data.

Parameters:

pwdElement - Element containing password data

secure - true if the content of the <password> element is base-64 encoded encrypted password data

Throws:

XMLException - if the XML data is incorrect

IllegalArgumentException - if pwdElement is null

Method Detail

hasBeenModified

public boolean hasBeenModified()

Return true if this instance has been modified.

The instance is considered to have been modified if a change was made that affects the persistent representation since:

1. The instance was constructed from an XML representation.
2. resetModified() was last called

Specified by:

hasBeenModified in interface ConfigElement

Returns:

true or false

See Also:

resetModified(), toXML(org.w3c.dom.Node)

resetModified

public void resetModified()

Reset the modified flag for this instance such that hasBeenModified() will return false.

Specified by:

resetModified in interface ConfigElement

See Also:

hasBeenModified()

clearPassword

public static void clearPassword(char[] passwordChars)

Convenience method to fill an array of characters with zero.

Parameters:

passwordChars - char array to clear

toXML

public Element toXML(Node parent)

Construct an XML representation of this Password instance. The tag name associated with this instance is used to construct the containing Element.

Note that the act of creating an XML representation does not reset this instance's modified flag. It must be reset by calling resetModified().

Specified by:

toXML in interface ConfigElement

Parameters:

parent - Node under which to construct XML representation

Returns:

constructed Element

See Also:

hasBeenModified(), resetModified()

getTagName

public String getTagName()

Get the tag name to use for XML representations of this instance.

Returns:

element tag name

setTagName

public void setTagName(String tagName)
                throws IllegalArgumentException

Set the tag name to use for XML representations of this instance

Parameters:

tagName - tag name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if tagName is null, empty, or doesn't match the XML Name production

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()
                throws IllegalStateException

Return whether or not there is a non-empty password set.

This will return true if no password is set, or the empty string has been set.

Returns:

true if no password or empty string is password

Throws:

IllegalStateException - thrown if the password is encrypted

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty(char[] pwdPassword)
                throws CipherException

Return whether or not there is a non-empty password set.

This will return true if no password is set, or the empty string has been set.

Parameters:

pwdPassword - password value for decrypting the encrypted password value for this instance.

Returns:

true if no password or empty string is password

Throws:

CipherException - thrown if an error occurs decrypting the password

clear

public void clear()

Set the password to null.

getPassword

public char[] getPassword()
                   throws IllegalStateException

Get the plaintext password value from this instance. This returns a copy of the password, so it may be manipulated in any way desired (such as cleared when finished with).

Returns:

character array containing the password chars, or null

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the password is encrypted (use getPassword(final char [] pwdPassword) instead

getPassword

public char[] getPassword(char[] pwdPassword)
                   throws CipherException

Get the plaintext password value from this instance. This returns a copy of the password, so it may be manipulated in any way desired (such as cleared when finished with).

Parameters:

pwdPassword - password value for decrypting the encrypted password value for this instance.

Returns:

character array containing the password chars, or null

Throws:

CipherException - if an error occurs decrypting the password

setPassword

public void setPassword(char[] password)

Set the plaintext password value for this instance.

Parameters:

password - the plaintext password characters

setPassword

public void setPassword(byte[] passwordData)

Set encrypted password data for this instance.

Parameters:

passwordData - encrypted password data bytes

setPassword

public void setPassword(char[] password,
                        char[] passwordPwd)
                 throws CipherException

Set an encrypted password for this instance.

Parameters:

password - plaintext password characters

passwordPwd - password with which to encrypt the plaintext password

Throws:

CipherException - if an error occurs while encrypting the plaintext password value.

isEncrypted

public boolean isEncrypted()

Return true if the password associated with this instance is encrypted.

Returns:

true or false

setEncrypted

public void setEncrypted(char[] passwordPwd)
                  throws IllegalStateException,
                         CipherException

Encrypt the unencrypted password associated with this instance.

Parameters:

passwordPwd - password used to encrypt the password associated with this instance.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if password is already encrypted

CipherException - if an error occurs while encrypting the plaintext password value.

setUnencrypted

public void setUnencrypted(char[] passwordPwd)
                    throws CipherException

Unencrypt the encryped password associated with this instance.

Parameters:

passwordPwd - password needed to unencrypt the password associated with this instance.

Throws:

CipherException - if an error occurs decrypting the password

finalize

protected void finalize()

Finalizer. Clean up and clear any password data.

Overrides:

finalize in class Object