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Class semper.seccomm.SecComManager

java.lang.Object
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   +----semper.seccomm.SecComManager

public class SecComManager

extends Object

implements SecComPointConstants

Version:

$Revision: 1.9 $ $Date: 1998/03/05 15:50:16 $

SecComManager()

doNegotiation(SecComPoint)

Static method to do some kind of security attributes negotiation between the peers.

init()

Init the SecComManager.

isInitialized()

Check whether the module is initialized.

secComPoint(int, SecComPointAddress)

Create a SecComPoint.

 public SecComManager()

 public static synchronized boolean isInitialized()

Check whether the module is initialized.

Returns:

true if and only if fully initialized;

 public static synchronized void init() throws SecComPointException

Init the SecComManager.

Throws: SecComPointException

if encountered an error

 public static SecComPoint secComPoint(int type,
                                       SecComPointAddress address) throws SecComPointException

Create a SecComPoint. According to the type and the address the proper service module is chosen to provide the desired services.

Parameters:

type - Specify the type of the desired SecComPoint, either SECCOMPOINT_INITIATOR, SECCOMPOINT_RECEIVER or SECCOMPOINT_SERVER. In addition, SECCOMPOINT_CHANNELINITIATOR is recognized as a special initiator for SecChannels to allow for proper setup.

address - The address (including security attributes) to open the SecComPoint to if this is an initiator SecComPoint, our own address if this is a receiver or server SecComPoint.

Throws: SecComPointException

if encountered an error on creating the SecComPoint

 public static void doNegotiation(SecComPoint secComPoint) throws SecComPointException

Static method to do some kind of security attributes negotiation between the peers. Only intended for internal use... . Up to now, it simply exchanges the security attributes. That is, when peer A has attributes a and c, and peer B has attributes b, this method exchanges them so that A uses b and B uses a and c.

Parameters:

secComPoint - The SecComPoint to use for negotiation

Throws: SecComPointException

When communication problems arise or the protocol is not satisfied.

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