uk.ac.soton.itinnovation.grid.utils
Class CryptoIdentityProvider

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.soton.itinnovation.grid.utils.CryptoIdentityProvider

All Implemented Interfaces:

IdentityProvider

public class CryptoIdentityProvider
extends Object
implements IdentityProvider

This IdentityProvider gets its identity from a keystore. The location of the keystore and the password must be defined in a crypto.properties file on the classpath. The property name for the keystore location is "org.apache.ws.security.crypto.merlin.file" and the property name for the password is "org.apache.ws.security.crypto.merlin.keystore.password".

Constructor Summary

CryptoIdentityProvider()

Method Summary

Identity

getIdentity() Get identity to use to sign a SOAP message.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CryptoIdentityProvider

public CryptoIdentityProvider()

Method Detail

getIdentity

public Identity getIdentity()
                     throws RemoteException,
                            UserAbort

Description copied from interface: IdentityProvider

Get identity to use to sign a SOAP message. This is used by the InvocationEngine each time a SOAP message is sent. Implementations should therefore normally cache the result.

Specified by:

getIdentity in interface IdentityProvider

Returns:

the identity to be used

Throws:

UserAbort - if the user cancelled the operation

RemoteException