org.cert.cc.encryption
Class AbstractProcessor

java.lang.Object
  org.cert.cc.encryption.AbstractProcessor

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractPGPProcessor, AbstractSMIMEProcessor

public abstract class AbstractProcessor
extends Object

AbstractProcessor is the base class for all DescriptionProcessors

© 2009 Carnegie Mellon University

Author:

Steve Scholnick

Field Summary

protected Logger

log Logger for any sub-class to use

Constructor Summary

protected

AbstractProcessor() Constructor

Method Summary

protected String	getApplicationProperty(String key) Returns an Application property value as a String.
protected char[]	getPassword(String propertyKey) Returns a property value as an array of characters suitable for a password.
protected String	getSecretsProperty(String key) Returns a Secrets property value as a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

log

protected final Logger log

Logger for any sub-class to use

Constructor Detail

AbstractProcessor

protected AbstractProcessor()

Constructor

Method Detail

getApplicationProperty

protected final String getApplicationProperty(String key)

Returns an Application property value as a String. If the key is not found, null is returned.

Parameters:

key - Property key

Returns:

Property value

getPassword

protected final char[] getPassword(String propertyKey)
                            throws IOException

Returns a property value as an array of characters suitable for a password. If the key is not found, null is returned.

Parameters:

propertyKey - Property key

Returns:

Array of characters suitable for a password

Throws:

IOException - If unable to read the properties file

getSecretsProperty

protected final String getSecretsProperty(String key)
                                   throws IOException

Returns a Secrets property value as a String. If the key is not found, null is returned.

Parameters:

key - Property key

Returns:

Property value

Throws:

IOException - If unable to read the properties file