nbi.xmlsec
Class PEP

java.lang.Object
  nbi.xmlsec.PEP

public class PEP

extends Object

This class implements a Policy Enforcement Point. The implementation bases on the Jetty HttpServer implementation. The PEP acts like an Filter between a client and a resource server. The configuration is done in the config.xml file, according to the Jakarta Commons Configuration API.

Since:

Version:

$Revision: 1.17 $

Author:

Lutz Suhrbier

Field Summary

private Configuration	configuration The PEP's configuration
private HttpServer	filter The PEP's filter
(package private) static Logger	logger

Constructor Summary

PEP(Configuration config)
Inits the PEP based on the given configuration.

Method Summary

static String	getClassName(Configuration config) Get the PEP's class name from the configuration.
Configuration	getConfiguration() Gets the configuration
HttpServer	getFilter() Gets the filter
protected Object	getFilterInstance(Configuration config) Sets up the PEP filter based on the given configuration.
static void	main(String[] args)
void	setConfiguration(Configuration configuration) Sets configuration
void	setFilter(HttpServer filter) Sets filter
(package private) void	start() Starts the PEP.
(package private) void	stop() Stops the PEP.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

logger

static Logger logger

configuration

private Configuration configuration

The PEP's configuration

filter

private HttpServer filter

The PEP's filter

Constructor Detail

PEP

public PEP(Configuration config)
    throws Exception

Inits the PEP based on the given configuration. Depending on the configuration a Http-Server is set up creating appropriate listeners and handlers.

Parameters:

config - PEP's configuration.

Throws:

Exception

Method Detail

getFilterInstance

protected Object getFilterInstance(Configuration config)
                            throws UnknownHostException,
                                   ClassNotFoundException,
                                   NoSuchMethodException,
                                   InvocationTargetException,
                                   InstantiationException,
                                   IllegalAccessException

Sets up the PEP filter based on the given configuration. Depending on the configuration a Http-Server is set up creating appropriate listeners and handlers.

Parameters:

config - PEP's configuration.

Throws:

Exception

UnknownHostException

ClassNotFoundException

NoSuchMethodException

InvocationTargetException

InstantiationException

IllegalAccessException

start

void start()
     throws Exception

Starts the PEP. Sets the wantClientAuth option of the ServerSocket according to the configuration.

Throws:

Exception

stop

void stop()
    throws InterruptedException

Stops the PEP.

Throws:

Exception

InterruptedException

getConfiguration

public Configuration getConfiguration()

Gets the configuration

Returns:

Returns the configuration.

setConfiguration

public void setConfiguration(Configuration configuration)

Sets configuration

Parameters:

configuration - The configuration to set.

setFilter

public void setFilter(HttpServer filter)

Sets filter

Parameters:

filter - The filter to set.

getFilter

public HttpServer getFilter()

Gets the filter

Returns:

Returns the filter.

getClassName

public static String getClassName(Configuration config)

Get the PEP's class name from the configuration.

Parameters:

config - PEP's configuration

Returns:

PEP's class name or null.

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws Exception

Throws:

Exception