org.jboss.security.vault

Interface SecurityVault

All Known Implementing Classes:

PicketBoxSecurityVault

public interface SecurityVault

Vault for secure storage of attributes

Since:

Aug 12, 2011

Author:

Anil.Saldhana@redhat.com

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	exists(String vaultBlock, String attributeName) Check whether an attribute value exists in the vault
byte[]	handshake(Map<String,Object> handshakeOptions) Retrieve the shared key from the vault
void	init(Map<String,Object> options) Initialize the vault
boolean	isInitialized() Determine if the vault is initialized
Set<String>	keyList() Get the currently vaulted VaultBlock_attribute Names
boolean	remove(String vaultBlock, String attributeName, byte[] sharedKey) Remove an existing attribute value
char[]	retrieve(String vaultBlock, String attributeName, byte[] sharedKey) Retrieve the attribute value
void	store(String vaultBlock, String attributeName, char[] attributeValue, byte[] sharedKey) Store an attribute value

Method Detail

init

void init(Map<String,Object> options)
   throws SecurityVaultException

Initialize the vault

Parameters:

options -

Throws:

SecurityVaultException

isInitialized

boolean isInitialized()

Determine if the vault is initialized

Returns:

handshake

byte[] handshake(Map<String,Object> handshakeOptions)
          throws SecurityVaultException

Retrieve the shared key from the vault

Parameters:

handshakeOptions - a set of options that the vault identifies for handshake

Returns:

Throws:

SecurityVaultException

keyList

Set<String> keyList()
             throws SecurityVaultException

Get the currently vaulted VaultBlock_attribute Names

Returns:

Throws:

SecurityVaultException

exists

boolean exists(String vaultBlock,
               String attributeName)
        throws SecurityVaultException

Check whether an attribute value exists in the vault

Parameters:

vaultBlock -

attributeName -

Returns:

Throws:

SecurityVaultException

Since:

v4.0.3

store

void store(String vaultBlock,
           String attributeName,
           char[] attributeValue,
           byte[] sharedKey)
    throws SecurityVaultException

Store an attribute value

Parameters:

vaultBlock - a string value that brings in the uniqueness

attributeName - name of the attribute

attributeValue -

sharedKey -

Throws:

SecurityVaultException

retrieve

char[] retrieve(String vaultBlock,
                String attributeName,
                byte[] sharedKey)
         throws SecurityVaultException

Retrieve the attribute value

Parameters:

vaultBlock -

attributeName -

sharedKey -

Returns:

Throws:

SecurityVaultException

remove

boolean remove(String vaultBlock,
               String attributeName,
               byte[] sharedKey)
        throws SecurityVaultException

Remove an existing attribute value

Parameters:

vaultBlock -

attributeName -

sharedKey -

Returns:

true if remove was successful, false otherwise

Throws:

SecurityVaultException

Since:

v4.0.4.final