org.jasypt.encryption.pbe.config

Interface PBEConfig

All Known Subinterfaces:

StringPBEConfig

All Known Implementing Classes:

EnvironmentPBEConfig, EnvironmentStringPBEConfig, SimplePBEConfig, SimpleStringPBEConfig, WebPBEConfig, WebStringPBEConfig

public interface PBEConfig

Common interface for config classes applicable to StandardPBEByteEncryptor, StandardPBEStringEncryptor, StandardPBEBigIntegerEncryptor or StandardPBEBigDecimalEncryptor objects.

This interface lets the user create new PBEConfig classes which retrieve values for this parameters from different (and maybe more secure) sources (remote servers, LDAP, other databases...), and do this transparently for the encryptor object.

The config objects passed to an encryptor will only be queried once for each configuration parameter, and this will happen during the initialization of the encryptor object.

For a default implementation, see SimplePBEConfig.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Daniel Fernández

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getAlgorithm() Returns the algorithm to be used for encryption, like PBEWithMD5AndDES.
Integer	getKeyObtentionIterations() Returns the number of hashing iterations applied to obtain the encryption key.
String	getPassword() Returns the password to be used.
Integer	getPoolSize() Get the size of the pool of encryptors to be created.
Provider	getProvider() Returns the java.security.Provider implementation object to be used by the encryptor for obtaining the encryption algorithm.
String	getProviderName() Returns the name of the java.security.Provider implementation to be used by the encryptor for obtaining the encryption algorithm.
SaltGenerator	getSaltGenerator() Returns a SaltGenerator implementation to be used by the encryptor.

Method Detail

getAlgorithm

String getAlgorithm()

Returns the algorithm to be used for encryption, like PBEWithMD5AndDES.

This algorithm has to be supported by the specified JCE provider (or the default one if no provider has been specified) and, if the provider supports it, you can also specify mode and padding for it, like ALGORITHM/MODE/PADDING.

Returns:

the name of the algorithm to be used.

getPassword

String getPassword()

Returns the password to be used.

There is no default value for password, so not setting this parameter either from a PBEConfig object or from a call to setPassword will result in an EncryptionInitializationException being thrown during initialization.

Returns:

the password to be used.

getKeyObtentionIterations

Integer getKeyObtentionIterations()

Returns the number of hashing iterations applied to obtain the encryption key.

This mechanism is explained in PKCS #5: Password-Based Cryptography Standard.

Returns:

the number of iterations

getSaltGenerator

SaltGenerator getSaltGenerator()

Returns a SaltGenerator implementation to be used by the encryptor.

If this method returns null, the encryptor will ignore the config object when deciding the salt generator to be used.

Returns:

the salt generator, or null if this object will not want to set a specific SaltGenerator implementation.

getProviderName

String getProviderName()

Returns the name of the java.security.Provider implementation to be used by the encryptor for obtaining the encryption algorithm. This provider must have been registered beforehand.

If this method returns null, the encryptor will ignore this parameter when deciding the name of the security provider to be used.

If this method does not return null, and neither does getProvider(), providerName will be ignored, and the provider object returned by getProvider() will be used.

Returns:

the name of the security provider to be used.

Since:

1.3

getProvider

Provider getProvider()

Returns the java.security.Provider implementation object to be used by the encryptor for obtaining the encryption algorithm.

If this method returns null, the encryptor will ignore this parameter when deciding the security provider object to be used.

If this method does not return null, and neither does getProviderName(), providerName will be ignored, and the provider object returned by getProvider() will be used.

The provider returned by this method does not need to be registered beforehand, and its use will not result in its being registered.

Returns:

the security provider object to be asked for the digest algorithm.

Since:

1.3

getPoolSize

Integer getPoolSize()

Get the size of the pool of encryptors to be created.

This parameter will be ignored if used with a non-pooled encryptor.

Returns:

the size of the pool to be used if this configuration is used with a pooled encryptor

Since:

1.7