org.jose4j.jca

Class ProviderContext

java.lang.Object

org.jose4j.jca.ProviderContext

public class ProviderContext
extends Object

Allows for the caller of various JOSE and JWT functionality to specify a particular Java Cryptography Architecture provider by name for various cryptographic operations as well as a SecureRandom source of randomness.

Use getSuppliedKeyProviderContext() to indicate the provider to be used for cryptographic operations directly involve the key supplied by the caller. Use getGeneralProviderContext() to indicate the provider to be used for other operations that do not directly involve the key supplied by the caller. Signing and verification are operations that use the supplied key as do key encryption and key agreement methods used to transmit or arrive at the content encryption key. Content encryption, however, is done with that content encryption key rather than the supplied key. So, other than when using direct (alg=dir) encryption, set the cipher provider name on the general provider to control the provider used in content encryption. For example, to specify the provider for an RSA signature when producing a JWS, create a new ProviderContext and set the name of the provider using ProviderContext.Context.setSignatureProvider(String) on the ProviderContext.Context obtained from calling getSuppliedKeyProviderContext(). To specify the provider for an HMAC when producing a JWS, set the name of the provider using ProviderContext.Context.setMacProvider(String) on the Context obtained from calling getSuppliedKeyProviderContext(). To specify the provider for decrypting a key with RSA when consuming a JWE, use ProviderContext.Context.setCipherProvider(String) on the Context obtained from getSuppliedKeyProviderContext(). To specify the provider for decrypting the content of the message, on the other hand, set the cipher provider on the Context obtained from getGeneralProviderContext().

A ProviderContext can be set on a JsonWebSignature or JsonWebEncryption as well as a JwtConsumer via the JwtConsumerBuilder.

See Also:

JsonWebStructure.setProviderContext(ProviderContext), JwtConsumerBuilder.setJwsProviderContext(ProviderContext), JwtConsumerBuilder.setJweProviderContext(ProviderContext)

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
class	ProviderContext.Context Allows for a provider to be named for various operations.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ProviderContext()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ProviderContext.Context	getGeneralProviderContext() The Java Cryptography Architecture provider context to be used for operations that do not directly involve the key supplied by the caller.
SecureRandom	getSecureRandom() Gets the secure random generator.
ProviderContext.Context	getSuppliedKeyProviderContext() The Java Cryptography Architecture provider context to be used for operations that directly involve the key supplied by the caller.
void	setSecureRandom(SecureRandom secureRandom) Sets the secure random generator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ProviderContext

public ProviderContext()

Method Detail

getSuppliedKeyProviderContext

public ProviderContext.Context getSuppliedKeyProviderContext()

The Java Cryptography Architecture provider context to be used for operations that directly involve the key supplied by the caller.

Returns:

the Context object on which various provider preferences can be set

getGeneralProviderContext

public ProviderContext.Context getGeneralProviderContext()

The Java Cryptography Architecture provider context to be used for operations that do not directly involve the key supplied by the caller.

Returns:

the Context object on which various provider preferences can be set

getSecureRandom

public SecureRandom getSecureRandom()

Gets the secure random generator.

Returns:

The specific secure random generator if set, otherwise null for a default system one.

setSecureRandom

public void setSecureRandom(SecureRandom secureRandom)

Sets the secure random generator.

Parameters:

secureRandom - the SecureRandom to use or null for a default system one.