org.jboss.security.vault

Class SecurityVaultUtil

java.lang.Object

org.jboss.security.vault.SecurityVaultUtil

public class SecurityVaultUtil
extends Object

Common utility methods associated with the SecurityVault

Author:

anil saldhana

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	VAULT_PREFIX

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SecurityVaultUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static char[]	getValue(char[] chars) Get the value from the vault
static char[]	getValue(String vaultString) Given the vault formatted string, retrieve the attribute value from the vault
static String	getValueAsString(String vaultString)
static boolean	isVaultFormat(char[] chars) Check whether the string has the format of the vault
static boolean	isVaultFormat(String str) Check whether the string has the format of the vault

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

VAULT_PREFIX

public static final String VAULT_PREFIX

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

SecurityVaultUtil

public SecurityVaultUtil()

Method Detail

isVaultFormat

public static boolean isVaultFormat(char[] chars)

Check whether the string has the format of the vault

Parameters:

chars -

Returns:

isVaultFormat

public static boolean isVaultFormat(String str)

Check whether the string has the format of the vault

Parameters:

str -

Returns:

getValue

public static char[] getValue(String vaultString)
                       throws SecurityVaultException

Given the vault formatted string, retrieve the attribute value from the vault

Note: the vault formatted string will be of the form VAULT::vault_block::attribute_name::sharedKey

Vault Block acts as the unique id of a block such as "messaging", "security" etc Attribute Name is the name of the attribute whose value we are preserving Shared Key is the key generated by the off line vault during storage of the attribute value

Parameters:

vaultString -

Returns:

Throws:

SecurityVaultException

getValueAsString

public static String getValueAsString(String vaultString)
                               throws SecurityVaultException

Parameters:

vaultString -

Returns:

Throws:

SecurityVaultException

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getValue(String)

getValue

public static char[] getValue(char[] chars)
                       throws SecurityVaultException

Get the value from the vault

Parameters:

chars - vaultified set of characters

Returns:

Throws:

SecurityVaultException