Class Provider

java.lang.Object

java.util.Dictionary<Object,Object>

java.util.Hashtable<Object,Object>

java.util.Properties

java.security.Provider

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable, Cloneable, Map<Object,Object>

Direct Known Subclasses:: AuthProvider

public abstract class Provider extends Properties

This class represents a "provider" for the Java Security API, where a provider implements some or all parts of Java Security. Services that a provider may implement include:

Algorithms (such as DSA, RSA, or SHA-256).
Key generation, conversion, and management facilities (such as for algorithm-specific keys).

Some provider implementations may encounter unrecoverable internal errors during their operation, for example a failure to communicate with a security token. A ProviderException should be used to indicate such errors.

Please note that a provider can be used to implement any security service in Java that uses a pluggable architecture with a choice of implementations that fit underneath.

The service type Provider is reserved for use by the security framework. Services of this type cannot be added, removed, or modified by applications. The following attributes are automatically placed in each Provider object:

**Attributes Automatically Placed in a Provider Object**
Name	Value
`Provider.id name`	`String.valueOf(provider.getName())`
`Provider.id version`	`String.valueOf(provider.getVersionStr())`
`Provider.id info`	`String.valueOf(provider.getInfo())`
`Provider.id className`	`provider.getClass().getName()`

Each provider has a name and a version string. A provider normally identifies itself with a file named java.security.Provider in the resource directory META-INF/services. Security providers are looked up via the ServiceLoader mechanism using the application class loader.

Providers may be configured such that they are automatically installed and made available at runtime via the Security.getProviders() method. The mechanism for configuring and installing security providers is implementation-specific.

Implementation Note:

The JDK implementation supports static registration of the security providers via the conf/security/java.security file in the Java installation directory. These providers are automatically installed by the JDK runtime, see The Provider Class in the Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA) Reference Guide for information about how a particular type of provider, the cryptographic service provider, works and is installed.

Since:

1.1

See Also:

Nested Class Summary

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
`static class`	`Provider.Service`	The description of a security service.

Field Summary

Fields declared in class Properties

defaults

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`protected Properties`	`defaults`	A property list that contains default values for any keys not found in this property list.

Constructor Summary

Provider(String name,
 double version,
 String info)

Provider(String name,
 String versionStr,
 String info)

Modifier	Constructor	Description
`protected`	Deprecated. use `Provider(String, String, String)` instead.
`protected`	Constructs a `Provider` with the specified name, version string, and information.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`clear()`	Clears this `Provider` so that it no longer contains the properties used to look up facilities implemented by the `Provider`.
`Object`	`compute(Object key, BiFunction<? super Object, ? super Object, ? extends Object> remappingFunction)`	Attempts to compute a mapping for the specified key and its current mapped value (or `null` if there is no current mapping).
`Object`	`computeIfAbsent(Object key, Function<? super Object, ? extends Object> mappingFunction)`	If the specified key is not already associated with a value (or is mapped to `null`), attempts to compute its value using the given mapping function and enters it into this map unless `null`.
`Object`	`computeIfPresent(Object key, BiFunction<? super Object, ? super Object, ? extends Object> remappingFunction)`	If the value for the specified key is present and non-null, attempts to compute a new mapping given the key and its current mapped value.
`Provider`	`configure(String configArg)`	Apply the supplied configuration argument to this `Provider` instance and return the configured `Provider`.
`Set<Map.Entry<Object,Object>>`	`entrySet()`	Returns an unmodifiable Set view of the property entries contained in this `Provider`.
`void`	`forEach(BiConsumer<? super Object, ? super Object> action)`	Performs the given action for each entry in this map until all entries have been processed or the action throws an exception.
`String`	`getInfo()`	Returns a human-readable description of the `Provider` and its services.
`String`	`getName()`	Returns the name of this `Provider`.
`Object`	`getOrDefault(Object key, Object defaultValue)`	Returns the value to which the specified key is mapped, or `defaultValue` if this map contains no mapping for the key.
`Provider.Service`	`getService(String type, String algorithm)`	Get the service describing this Provider's implementation of the specified type of this algorithm or alias.
`Set<Provider.Service>`	`getServices()`	Get an unmodifiable Set of all services supported by this `Provider`.
`double`	`getVersion()`	Deprecated. use `getVersionStr()` instead.
`String`	`getVersionStr()`	Returns the version string for this `Provider`.
`boolean`	`isConfigured()`	Check if this `Provider` instance has been configured.
`Set<Object>`	`keySet()`	Returns an unmodifiable Set view of the property keys contained in this `Provider`.
`void`	`load(InputStream inStream)`	Reads a property list (key and element pairs) from the input stream.
`Object`	`merge(Object key, Object value, BiFunction<? super Object, ? super Object, ? extends Object> remappingFunction)`	If the specified key is not already associated with a value or is associated with `null`, associates it with the given value.
`Object`	`put(Object key, Object value)`	Sets the `key` property to have the specified `value`.
`void`	`putAll(Map<?,?> t)`	Copies all the mappings from the specified Map to this `Provider`.
`Object`	`putIfAbsent(Object key, Object value)`	If the specified key is not already associated with a value (or is mapped to `null`) associates it with the given value and returns `null`, else returns the current value.
`protected void`	`putService(Provider.Service s)`	Add a service.
`Object`	`remove(Object key)`	Removes the `key` property (and its corresponding `value`).
`boolean`	`remove(Object key, Object value)`	Removes the entry for the specified key only if it is currently mapped to the specified value.
`protected void`	`removeService(Provider.Service s)`	Remove a service previously added using `putService()`.
`Object`	`replace(Object key, Object value)`	Replaces the entry for the specified key only if it is currently mapped to some value.
`boolean`	`replace(Object key, Object oldValue, Object newValue)`	Replaces the entry for the specified key only if currently mapped to the specified value.
`void`	`replaceAll(BiFunction<? super Object, ? super Object, ? extends Object> function)`	Replaces each entry's value with the result of invoking the given function on that entry, in the order entries are returned by an entry set iterator, until all entries have been processed or the function throws an exception.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns a string with the name and the version string of this `Provider`.
`Collection<Object>`	`values()`	Returns an unmodifiable Collection view of the property values contained in this `Provider`.

Methods declared in class Properties

getProperty, getProperty, list, list, load, loadFromXML, propertyNames, save, setProperty, store, store, storeToXML, storeToXML, storeToXML, stringPropertyNames

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getProperty(String key)`	Searches for the property with the specified key in this property list.
`String`	`getProperty(String key, String defaultValue)`	Searches for the property with the specified key in this property list.
`void`	`list(PrintStream out)`	Prints this property list out to the specified output stream.
`void`	`list(PrintWriter out)`	Prints this property list out to the specified output stream.
`void`	`load(Reader reader)`	Reads a property list (key and element pairs) from the input character stream in a simple line-oriented format.
`void`	`loadFromXML(InputStream in)`	Loads all of the properties represented by the XML document on the specified input stream into this properties table.
`Enumeration<?>`	`propertyNames()`	Returns an enumeration of all the keys in this property list, including distinct keys in the default property list if a key of the same name has not already been found from the main properties list.
`void`	`save(OutputStream out, String comments)`	Deprecated. This method does not throw an IOException if an I/O error occurs while saving the property list.
`Object`	`setProperty(String key, String value)`	Calls the `Hashtable` method `put`.
`void`	`store(OutputStream out, String comments)`	Writes this property list (key and element pairs) in this `Properties` table to the output stream in a format suitable for loading into a `Properties` table using the `load(InputStream)` method.
`void`	`store(Writer writer, String comments)`	Writes this property list (key and element pairs) in this `Properties` table to the output character stream in a format suitable for using the `load(Reader)` method.
`void`	`storeToXML(OutputStream os, String comment)`	Emits an XML document representing all of the properties contained in this table.
`void`	`storeToXML(OutputStream os, String comment, String encoding)`	Emits an XML document representing all of the properties contained in this table, using the specified encoding.
`void`	`storeToXML(OutputStream os, String comment, Charset charset)`	Emits an XML document representing all of the properties contained in this table, using the specified encoding.
`Set<String>`	`stringPropertyNames()`	Returns an unmodifiable set of keys from this property list where the key and its corresponding value are strings, including distinct keys in the default property list if a key of the same name has not already been found from the main properties list.

Methods declared in class Hashtable

clone, contains, containsKey, containsValue, elements, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keys, rehash, size

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Object`	`clone()`	Creates a shallow copy of this hashtable.
`boolean`	`contains(Object value)`	Tests if some key maps into the specified value in this hashtable.
`boolean`	`containsKey(Object key)`	Tests if the specified object is a key in this hashtable.
`boolean`	`containsValue(Object value)`	Returns true if this hashtable maps one or more keys to this value.
`Enumeration<Object>`	`elements()`	Returns an enumeration of the values in this hashtable.
`boolean`	`equals(Object o)`	Compares the specified Object with this Map for equality, as per the definition in the Map interface.
`Object`	`get(Object key)`	Returns the value to which the specified key is mapped, or `null` if this map contains no mapping for the key.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Returns the hash code value for this Map as per the definition in the Map interface.
`boolean`	`isEmpty()`	Tests if this hashtable maps no keys to values.
`Enumeration<Object>`	`keys()`	Returns an enumeration of the keys in this hashtable.
`protected void`	`rehash()`	Increases the capacity of and internally reorganizes this hashtable, in order to accommodate and access its entries more efficiently.
`int`	`size()`	Returns the number of keys in this hashtable.

Methods declared in class Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected void`	`finalize()`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Finalization is deprecated and subject to removal in a future release.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()`	Returns the runtime class of this `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.
`final void`	`wait()`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

Constructor Details

Provider

@Deprecated(since="9") protected Provider(String name, double version, String info)

Deprecated.

use Provider(String, String, String) instead.

Constructs a Provider with the specified name, version number, and information. Calling this constructor is equivalent to call the Provider(String, String, String) with name name, Double.toString(version), and info.

Parameters:: name - the provider name.; version - the provider version number.; info - a description of the provider and its services.

Provider

protected Provider(String name, String versionStr, String info)

Constructs a Provider with the specified name, version string, and information.

The version string contains a version number optionally followed by other information separated by one of the characters of '+', '-'. The format for the version number is:

    ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*

In order to return the version number in a double, when there are more than two components (separated by '.' as defined above), only the first two components are retained. The resulting string is then passed to Double.valueOf(String) to generate version number, i.e. getVersion().

If the conversion failed, value 0 will be used.

Parameters:: name - the provider name.; versionStr - the provider version string.; info - a description of the provider and its services.
Since:: 9

Method Details

configure

public Provider configure(String configArg)

Apply the supplied configuration argument to this Provider instance and return the configured Provider. Note that if this Provider cannot be configured in-place, a new Provider will be created and returned. Therefore, callers should always use the returned Provider.

Implementation Requirements:: The default implementation throws UnsupportedOperationException. Subclasses should override this method only if a configuration argument is supported.
Parameters:: configArg - the configuration information for configuring this provider.
Returns:: a Provider configured with the supplied configuration argument.
Throws:: UnsupportedOperationException - if a configuration argument is not supported.; NullPointerException - if the supplied configuration argument is null.; InvalidParameterException - if the supplied configuration argument is invalid.
Since:: 9

isConfigured

public boolean isConfigured()

Check if this Provider instance has been configured.

Implementation Requirements:: The default implementation returns true. Subclasses should override this method if the Provider requires an explicit configure call after being constructed.
Returns:: true if no further configuration is needed, false otherwise.
Since:: 9

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of this Provider.

Returns:: the name of this Provider.

getVersion

@Deprecated(since="9") public double getVersion()

Deprecated.

use getVersionStr() instead.

Returns the version number for this Provider.

Returns:: the version number for this Provider.

getVersionStr

public String getVersionStr()

Returns the version string for this Provider.

Returns:: the version string for this Provider.
Since:: 9

getInfo

public String getInfo()

Returns a human-readable description of the Provider and its services. This may return an HTML page, with relevant links.

Returns:: a description of the Provider and its services.

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string with the name and the version string of this Provider.

Overrides:: toString in class Hashtable<Object,Object>
Returns:: the string with the name and the version string for this Provider.

clear

public void clear()

Clears this Provider so that it no longer contains the properties used to look up facilities implemented by the Provider.

Specified by:: clear in interface Map<Object,Object>
Overrides:: clear in class Hashtable<Object,Object>
Since:: 1.2

load

public void load(InputStream inStream) throws IOException

Reads a property list (key and element pairs) from the input stream.

Overrides:

load in class Properties

Parameters:

inStream - the input stream.

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurred when reading from the input stream.

See Also:

putAll

public void putAll(Map<?,?> t)

Copies all the mappings from the specified Map to this Provider. These mappings will replace any properties that this Provider had for any of the keys currently in the specified Map.

Specified by:: putAll in interface Map<Object,Object>
Overrides:: putAll in class Hashtable<Object,Object>
Parameters:: t - mappings to be stored in this map
Since:: 1.2

entrySet

public Set<Map.Entry<Object,Object>> entrySet()

Returns an unmodifiable Set view of the property entries contained in this Provider.

Specified by:

entrySet in interface Map<Object,Object>

Overrides:

entrySet in class Hashtable<Object,Object>

Returns:

a set view of the mappings contained in this map

Since:

1.2

See Also:

keySet

public Set<Object> keySet()

Returns an unmodifiable Set view of the property keys contained in this Provider.

Specified by:: keySet in interface Map<Object,Object>
Overrides:: keySet in class Hashtable<Object,Object>
Returns:: a set view of the keys contained in this map
Since:: 1.2

values

public Collection<Object> values()

Returns an unmodifiable Collection view of the property values contained in this Provider.

Specified by:: values in interface Map<Object,Object>
Overrides:: values in class Hashtable<Object,Object>
Returns:: a collection view of the values contained in this map
Since:: 1.2

put

public Object put(Object key, Object value)

Sets the key property to have the specified value.

Specified by:

put in interface Map<Object,Object>

Overrides:

put in class Hashtable<Object,Object>

Parameters:

key - the hashtable key

value - the value

Returns:

the previous value of the specified key in this hashtable, or null if it did not have one

Since:

1.2

See Also:

putIfAbsent

public Object putIfAbsent(Object key, Object value)

If the specified key is not already associated with a value (or is mapped to null) associates it with the given value and returns null, else returns the current value.

Parameters:: key - key with which the specified value is to be associated; value - value to be associated with the specified key
Returns:: the previous value associated with the specified key, or null if there was no mapping for the key. (A null return can also indicate that the map previously associated null with the key, if the implementation supports null values.)
Since:: 1.8

remove

public Object remove(Object key)

Removes the key property (and its corresponding value).

Specified by:: remove in interface Map<Object,Object>
Overrides:: remove in class Hashtable<Object,Object>
Parameters:: key - the key that needs to be removed
Returns:: the value to which the key had been mapped in this hashtable, or null if the key did not have a mapping
Since:: 1.2

remove

public boolean remove(Object key, Object value)

Removes the entry for the specified key only if it is currently mapped to the specified value.

Parameters:: key - key with which the specified value is associated; value - value expected to be associated with the specified key
Returns:: true if the value was removed
Since:: 1.8

replace

public boolean replace(Object key, Object oldValue, Object newValue)

Replaces the entry for the specified key only if currently mapped to the specified value.

Parameters:: key - key with which the specified value is associated; oldValue - value expected to be associated with the specified key; newValue - value to be associated with the specified key
Returns:: true if the value was replaced
Since:: 1.8

replace

public Object replace(Object key, Object value)

Replaces the entry for the specified key only if it is currently mapped to some value.

Parameters:: key - key with which the specified value is associated; value - value to be associated with the specified key
Returns:: the previous value associated with the specified key, or null if there was no mapping for the key. (A null return can also indicate that the map previously associated null with the key, if the implementation supports null values.)
Since:: 1.8

replaceAll

public void replaceAll(BiFunction<? super Object, ? super Object, ? extends Object> function)

Replaces each entry's value with the result of invoking the given function on that entry, in the order entries are returned by an entry set iterator, until all entries have been processed or the function throws an exception.

Parameters:: function - the function to apply to each entry
Since:: 1.8

compute

public Object compute(Object key, BiFunction<? super Object, ? super Object, ? extends Object> remappingFunction)

Attempts to compute a mapping for the specified key and its current mapped value (or null if there is no current mapping).

Specified by:: compute in interface Map<Object,Object>
Overrides:: compute in class Hashtable<Object,Object>
Parameters:: key - key with which the specified value is to be associated; remappingFunction - the remapping function to compute a value
Returns:: the new value associated with the specified key, or null if none
Since:: 1.8

computeIfAbsent

public Object computeIfAbsent(Object key, Function<? super Object, ? extends Object> mappingFunction)

If the specified key is not already associated with a value (or is mapped to null), attempts to compute its value using the given mapping function and enters it into this map unless null.

Specified by:: computeIfAbsent in interface Map<Object,Object>
Overrides:: computeIfAbsent in class Hashtable<Object,Object>
Parameters:: key - key with which the specified value is to be associated; mappingFunction - the mapping function to compute a value
Returns:: the current (existing or computed) value associated with the specified key, or null if the computed value is null
Since:: 1.8

computeIfPresent

public Object computeIfPresent(Object key, BiFunction<? super Object, ? super Object, ? extends Object> remappingFunction)

If the value for the specified key is present and non-null, attempts to compute a new mapping given the key and its current mapped value.

Specified by:: computeIfPresent in interface Map<Object,Object>
Overrides:: computeIfPresent in class Hashtable<Object,Object>
Parameters:: key - key with which the specified value is to be associated; remappingFunction - the remapping function to compute a value
Returns:: the new value associated with the specified key, or null if none
Since:: 1.8

merge

public Object merge(Object key, Object value, BiFunction<? super Object, ? super Object, ? extends Object> remappingFunction)

If the specified key is not already associated with a value or is associated with null, associates it with the given value. Otherwise, replaces the value with the results of the given remapping function, or removes if the result is null. This method may be of use when combining multiple mapped values for a key.

Specified by:: merge in interface Map<Object,Object>
Overrides:: merge in class Hashtable<Object,Object>
Parameters:: key - key with which the resulting value is to be associated; value - the non-null value to be merged with the existing value associated with the key or, if no existing value or a null value is associated with the key, to be associated with the key; remappingFunction - the remapping function to recompute a value if present
Returns:: the new value associated with the specified key, or null if no value is associated with the key
Since:: 1.8

getOrDefault

public Object getOrDefault(Object key, Object defaultValue)

Description copied from interface: Map

Returns the value to which the specified key is mapped, or defaultValue if this map contains no mapping for the key.

Parameters:: key - the key whose associated value is to be returned; defaultValue - the default mapping of the key
Returns:: the value to which the specified key is mapped, or defaultValue if this map contains no mapping for the key
Since:: 1.8

forEach

public void forEach(BiConsumer<? super Object, ? super Object> action)

Description copied from interface: Map

Performs the given action for each entry in this map until all entries have been processed or the action throws an exception. Unless otherwise specified by the implementing class, actions are performed in the order of entry set iteration (if an iteration order is specified.) Exceptions thrown by the action are relayed to the caller.

Parameters:: action - The action to be performed for each entry
Since:: 1.8

getService

public Provider.Service getService(String type, String algorithm)

Get the service describing this Provider's implementation of the specified type of this algorithm or alias. If no such implementation exists, this method returns null. If there are two matching services, one added to this provider using putService() and one added via put(), the service added via putService() is returned.

Parameters:: type - the type of service requested (for example, MessageDigest); algorithm - the case-insensitive algorithm name (or alternate alias) of the service requested (for example, SHA-1)
Returns:: the service describing this Provider's matching service or null if no such service exists
Throws:: NullPointerException - if type or algorithm is null
Since:: 1.5

getServices

public Set<Provider.Service> getServices()

Get an unmodifiable Set of all services supported by this Provider.

Returns:: an unmodifiable Set of all services supported by this Provider
Since:: 1.5

putService

protected void putService(Provider.Service s)

Add a service. If a service of the same type with the same algorithm name exists, and it was added using putService(), it is replaced by the new service. This method also places information about this service in the provider's Hashtable values in the format described in the Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA) Reference Guide.

Parameters:: s - the Service to add
Throws:: NullPointerException - if s is null
Since:: 1.5

removeService

protected void removeService(Provider.Service s)

Remove a service previously added using putService(). The specified service is removed from this Provider. It will no longer be returned by getService() and its information will be removed from this provider's Hashtable.

Parameters:: s - the Service to be removed
Throws:: NullPointerException - if s is null
Since:: 1.5

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