ConfigFile

Class Overview

This class represents a default implementation for javax.security.auth.login.Configuration.

This object stores the runtime login configuration representation, and is the amalgamation of multiple static login configurations that resides in files. The algorithm for locating the login configuration file(s) and reading their information into this Configuration object is:

1. Loop through the java.security.Security properties, login.config.url.1, login.config.url.2, ..., login.config.url.X. These properties are set in the Java security properties file, which is located in the file named <JAVA_HOME>/lib/security/java.security. <JAVA_HOME> refers to the value of the java.home system property, and specifies the directory where the JRE is installed. Each property value specifies a URL pointing to a login configuration file to be loaded. Read in and load each configuration.
2. The java.lang.System property java.security.auth.login.config may also be set to a URL pointing to another login configuration file (which is the case when a user uses the -D switch at runtime). If this property is defined, and its use is allowed by the security property file (the Security property, policy.allowSystemProperty is set to true), also load that login configuration.
3. If the java.security.auth.login.config property is defined using "==" (rather than "="), then ignore all other specified login configurations and only load this configuration.
4. If no system or security properties were set, try to read from the file, ${user.home}/.java.login.config, where ${user.home} is the value represented by the "user.home" System property.

The configuration syntax supported by this implementation is exactly that syntax specified in the javax.security.auth.login.Configuration class.

Summary

[Expand] Inherited Methods
From class javax.security.auth.login.Configuration abstract AppConfigurationEntry[] getAppConfigurationEntry(String name) Retrieve the AppConfigurationEntries for the specified name from this Configuration. static Configuration getConfiguration() Get the installed login Configuration. static Configuration getInstance(String type, Configuration.Parameters params, String provider) Returns a Configuration object of the specified type. static Configuration getInstance(String type, Configuration.Parameters params) Returns a Configuration object of the specified type. static Configuration getInstance(String type, Configuration.Parameters params, Provider provider) Returns a Configuration object of the specified type. Configuration.Parameters getParameters() Return Configuration parameters. Provider getProvider() Return the Provider of this Configuration. String getType() Return the type of this Configuration. void refresh() Refresh and reload the Configuration. static void setConfiguration(Configuration configuration) Set the login Configuration.
From class java.lang.Object Object clone() Creates and returns a copy of this object. boolean equals(Object obj) Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. void finalize() Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object. final Class<?> getClass() Returns the runtime class of this Object. int hashCode() Returns a hash code value for the object. final void notify() Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor. final void notifyAll() Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor. String toString() Returns a string representation of the object. final void wait() Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the notify() method or the notifyAll() method for this object. final void wait(long timeout, int nanos) Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the notify() method or the notifyAll() method for this object, or some other thread interrupts the current thread, or a certain amount of real time has elapsed. final void wait(long timeout) Causes the current thread to wait until either another thread invokes the notify() method or the notifyAll() method for this object, or a specified amount of time has elapsed.