2003-12-26 Guilhem Lavaux <guilhem@kaffe.org>
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1 /* Engine -- generic getInstance method.
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38 package gnu.java.security;
40 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
41 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
43 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
44 import java.security.Provider;
46 /**
47 * Generic implementation of the getInstance methods in the various
48 * engine classes in java.security.
49 * <p>
50 * These classes ({@link java.security.Signature} for example) can be
51 * thought of as the "chrome, upholstery, and steering wheel", and the SPI
52 * (service provider interface, e.g. {@link java.security.SignatureSpi})
53 * classes can be thought of as the "engine" -- providing the actual
54 * functionality of whatever cryptographic algorithm the instance
55 * represents.
57 * @see Provider
58 * @author Casey Marshall
60 public final class Engine
63 // Constants.
64 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
66 /** Prefix for aliases. */
67 private static final String ALG_ALIAS = "Alg.Alias.";
69 /** Maximum number of aliases to try. */
70 private static final int MAX_ALIASES = 5;
72 /** Argument list for no-argument constructors. */
73 private static final Object[] NO_ARGS = new Object[0];
75 // Constructor.
76 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
78 /** This class cannot be instantiated. */
79 private Engine() { }
81 // Class method.
82 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
84 /**
85 * Get the implementation for <i>algorithm</i> for service
86 * <i>service</i> from <i>provider</i>. The service is e.g.
87 * "Signature", and the algorithm "DSA".
89 * @param service The service name.
90 * @param algorithm The name of the algorithm to get.
91 * @param provider The provider to get the implementation from.
92 * @return The engine class for the specified algorithm; the object
93 * returned is typically a subclass of the SPI class for that
94 * service, but callers should check that this is so.
95 * @throws NoSuchAlgorithmException If the implementation cannot be
96 * found or cannot be instantiated.
97 * @throws InvocationTargetException If the SPI class's constructor
98 * throws an exception.
99 * @throws IllegalArgumentException If any of the three arguments are null.
101 public static Object getInstance(String service, String algorithm,
102 Provider provider)
103 throws InvocationTargetException, NoSuchAlgorithmException
105 return getInstance(service, algorithm, provider, NO_ARGS);
109 * Get the implementation for <i>algorithm</i> for service
110 * <i>service</i> from <i>provider</i>, passing <i>initArgs</i> to the
111 * SPI class's constructor (which cannot be null; pass a zero-length
112 * array if the SPI takes no arguments). The service is e.g.
113 * "Signature", and the algorithm "DSA".
115 * @param service The service name.
116 * @param algorithm The name of the algorithm to get.
117 * @param provider The provider to get the implementation from.
118 * @param initArgs The arguments to pass to the SPI class's
119 * constructor (cannot be null).
120 * @return The engine class for the specified algorithm; the object
121 * returned is typically a subclass of the SPI class for that
122 * service, but callers should check that this is so.
123 * @throws NoSuchAlgorithmException If the implementation cannot be
124 * found or cannot be instantiated.
125 * @throws InvocationTargetException If the SPI class's constructor
126 * throws an exception.
127 * @throws IllegalArgumentException If any of the four arguments are null.
129 public static Object getInstance(String service, String algorithm,
130 Provider provider, Object[] initArgs)
131 throws InvocationTargetException, NoSuchAlgorithmException
133 if (service == null || algorithm == null
134 || provider == null || initArgs == null)
135 throw new IllegalArgumentException();
137 // If there is no property "service.algorithm"
138 if (provider.getProperty(service + "." + algorithm) == null)
140 // Iterate through aliases, until we find the class name or resolve
141 // too many aliases.
142 String alias = null;
143 int count = 0;
144 while ((alias = provider.getProperty(
145 ALG_ALIAS + service + "." + algorithm)) != null)
147 if (algorithm.equals(alias)) // Refers to itself!
148 break;
149 algorithm = alias;
150 if (count++ > MAX_ALIASES)
151 throw new NoSuchAlgorithmException("too many aliases");
153 if (provider.getProperty(service + "." + algorithm) == null)
154 throw new NoSuchAlgorithmException(algorithm);
157 // Find and instantiate the implementation.
158 Class clazz = null;
159 ClassLoader loader = provider.getClass().getClassLoader();
160 Constructor constructor = null;
161 String error = algorithm;
165 if (loader != null)
166 clazz = loader.loadClass(provider.getProperty(service+"."+algorithm));
167 else
168 clazz = Class.forName(provider.getProperty(service+"."+algorithm));
169 constructor = getCompatibleConstructor(clazz, initArgs);
170 return constructor.newInstance(initArgs);
172 catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe)
174 error = "class not found: " + algorithm;
176 catch (IllegalAccessException iae)
178 error = "illegal access: " + iae.getMessage();
180 catch (InstantiationException ie)
182 error = "instantiation exception: " + ie.getMessage();
184 catch (ExceptionInInitializerError eiie)
186 error = "exception in initializer: " + eiie.getMessage();
188 catch (SecurityException se)
190 error = "security exception: " + se.getMessage();
192 catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme)
194 error = "no appropriate constructor found";
197 throw new NoSuchAlgorithmException(error);
200 // Own methods.
201 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
204 * Find a constructor in the given class that can take the specified
205 * argument list, allowing any of which to be null.
207 * @param clazz The class from which to get the constructor.
208 * @param initArgs The argument list to be passed to the constructor.
209 * @return The constructor.
210 * @throws NoSuchMethodException If no constructor of the given class
211 * can take the specified argument array.
213 private static Constructor getCompatibleConstructor(Class clazz,
214 Object[] initArgs)
215 throws NoSuchMethodException
217 Constructor[] c = clazz.getConstructors();
218 outer:for (int i = 0; i < c.length; i++)
220 Class[] argTypes = c[i].getParameterTypes();
221 if (argTypes.length != initArgs.length)
222 continue;
223 for (int j = 0; j < argTypes.length; j++)
225 if (initArgs[j] != null &&
226 !argTypes[j].isAssignableFrom(initArgs[j].getClass()))
227 continue outer;
229 // If we reach this point, we know this constructor (c[i]) has
230 // the same number of parameters as the target parameter list,
231 // and all our parameters are either (1) null, or (2) assignable
232 // to the target parameter type.
233 return c[i];
235 throw new NoSuchMethodException();