Package org.mycore.crypt

Class MCRCipherManager

java.lang.Object

org.mycore.crypt.MCRCipherManager

public class MCRCipherManager
extends Object

Create Instances of MCRCipher as configured in mycore.properties. The cipher is defined by the java class. The secret key is saved in an keyfile. MCR.Crypt.Cipher.abstract.Class=org.mycore.crypt.MCRAESCipher MCR.Crypt.Cipher.abstract.KeyFile=example_1.secret

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MCRCipherManager()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static MCRCipher	getCipher(String id)	Create a single instance of a MCRCipher and initialize it.
static MCRCipher	getUninitialisedCipher(String id)	Create a single instance of a MCRCipher without initialising it.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

MCRCipherManager

public MCRCipherManager()

Method Details

getCipher

public static MCRCipher getCipher(String id)
                           throws MCRCryptKeyFileNotFoundException

Create a single instance of a MCRCipher and initialize it. If the cipher can't initialized an exception will thrown. Common issue is an missing key. In this case the methods throws a MCRCryptKeyFileNotFoundException.

Parameters:

id - ID of cipher as configured

Returns:

instance of cipher

Throws:

MCRCryptKeyFileNotFoundException

getUninitialisedCipher

public static MCRCipher getUninitialisedCipher(String id)

Create a single instance of a MCRCipher without initialising it. The resulting instance can used to generate an new key.

Parameters:

id - ID of cipher as configured

Returns:

instance of cipher