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/**
* This class defines the set of methods and structures that must be
* implemented by a Directory Server module that implements a password
* storage scheme. Each subclass may only implement a single password
* storage scheme type.
*
* @param <T> The type of configuration handled by this
* password storage scheme
*/
mayInstantiate=false,
mayExtend=true,
mayInvoke=false)
public abstract class
{
/**
* Initializes this password storage scheme handler based on the
* information in the provided configuration entry. It should also
* register itself with the Directory Server for the particular
* storage scheme that it will manage.
*
* @param configuration The configuration entry that contains the
* information to use to initialize this
* password storage scheme handler.
*
* @throws ConfigException If an unrecoverable problem arises in
* the process of performing the
* initialization.
*
* @throws InitializationException If a problem occurs during
* initialization that is not
* related to the server
* configuration.
*/
public abstract void initializePasswordStorageScheme(
throws ConfigException, InitializationException;
/**
* Indicates whether the provided configuration is acceptable for
* this password storage scheme. It should be possible to call this
* method on an uninitialized password storage scheme instance in
* order to determine whether the password storage scheme would be
* able to use the provided configuration.
* <BR><BR>
* Note that implementations which use a subclass of the provided
* configuration class will likely need to cast the configuration
* to the appropriate subclass type.
*
* @param configuration The password storage scheme
* configuration for which to make the
* determination.
* @param unacceptableReasons A list that may be used to hold the
* reasons that the provided
* configuration is not acceptable.
*
* @return {@code true} if the provided configuration is acceptable
* for this password storage scheme, or {@code false} if
* not.
*/
public boolean isConfigurationAcceptable(
{
// This default implementation does not perform any special
// validation. It should be overridden by password storage scheme
// implementations that wish to perform more detailed validation.
return true;
}
/**
* Performs any necessary finalization that might be required when
* this password storage scheme is no longer needed (e.g., the
* scheme is disabled or the server is shutting down).
*/
public void finalizePasswordStorageScheme()
{
// No implementation required by default.
}
/**
* Retrieves the name of the password storage scheme provided by
* this handler.
*
* @return The name of the password storage scheme provided by this
* handler.
*/
/**
* Encodes the provided plaintext password for this storage scheme,
* without the name of the associated scheme. Note that the
* provided plaintext password should not be altered in any way.
*
* @param plaintext The plaintext version of the password.
*
* @return The password that has been encoded using this storage
* scheme.
*
* @throws DirectoryException If a problem occurs while
* processing.
*/
throws DirectoryException;
/**
* Encodes the provided plaintext password for this storage scheme,
* prepending the name of the scheme in curly braces. Note that the
* provided plaintext password should not be altered in any way.
*
* @param plaintext The plaintext version of the password.
*
* @return The encoded password, including the name of the storage
* scheme.
*
* @throws DirectoryException If a problem occurs while
* processing.
*/
throws DirectoryException;
/**
* Indicates whether the provided plaintext password included in a
* bind request matches the given stored value. The provided stored
* value should not include the scheme name in curly braces.
*
* @param plaintextPassword The plaintext password provided by the
* user as part of a simple bind attempt.
* @param storedPassword The stored password to compare against
* the provided plaintext password.
*
* @return {@code true} if the provided plaintext password matches
* the provided stored password, or {@code false} if not.
*/
public abstract boolean passwordMatches(
/**
* Indicates whether this password storage scheme supports the
* ability to interact with values using the authentication password
* syntax defined in RFC 3112.
*
* @return {@code true} if this password storage scheme supports
* the ability to interact with values using the
* authentication password syntax, or {@code false} if it
* does not.
*/
public abstract boolean supportsAuthPasswordSyntax();
/**
* Retrieves the scheme name that should be used with this password
* storage scheme when it is used in the context of the
* authentication password syntax. This default implementation will
* return the same value as the {@code getStorageSchemeName} method.
*
* @return The scheme name that should be used with this password
* storage scheme when it is used in the context of the
* authentication password syntax.
*/
{
return getStorageSchemeName();
}
/**
* Encodes the provided plaintext password for this storage scheme
* using the authentication password syntax defined in RFC 3112.
* Note that the provided plaintext password should not be altered
* in any way.
*
* @param plaintext The plaintext version of the password.
*
* @return The password that has been encoded in the authentication
* password syntax.
*
* @throws DirectoryException If a problem occurs while processing
* of if this storage scheme does not
* support the authentication password
* syntax.
*/
/**
* Indicates whether the provided plaintext password matches the
* encoded password using the authentication password syntax with
* the given authInfo and authValue components.
*
* @param plaintextPassword The plaintext password provided by the
* user.
* @param authInfo The authInfo component of the password
* encoded in the authentication password
* syntax.
* @param authValue The authValue component of the
* password encoded in the authentication
* password syntax.
*
* @return {@code true} if the provided plaintext password matches
* the encoded password according to the authentication
* password info syntax, or {@code false} if it does not or
* this storage scheme does not support the authentication
* password syntax.
*/
public abstract boolean authPasswordMatches(
/**
* Indicates whether this storage scheme is reversible (i.e., it is
* possible to obtain the original plaintext value from the stored
* password).
*
* @return {@code true} if this is a reversible password storage
* scheme, or {@code false} if it is not.
*/
public abstract boolean isReversible();
/**
* Retrieves the original plaintext value for the provided stored
* password. Note that this should only be called if
* {@code isReversible} returns {@code true}.
*
* @param storedPassword The password for which to obtain the
* plaintext value. It should not include
* the scheme name in curly braces.
*
* @return The plaintext value for the provided stored password.
*
* @throws DirectoryException If it is not possible to obtain the
* plaintext value for the provided
* stored password.
*/
throws DirectoryException;
/**
* Retrieves the original plaintext value for the provided password
* stored in the authPassword syntax. Note that this should only be
* called if {@code isReversible} returns {@code true}.
*
* @param authInfo The authInfo component of the password encoded
* in the authentication password syntax.
* @param authValue The authValue component of the password
* encoded in the authentication password syntax.
*
* @return The plaintext value for the provided stored password.
*
* @throws DirectoryException If it is not possible to obtain the
* plaintext value for the provided
* stored password, or if this storage
* scheme does not support the
* authPassword syntax..
*/
throws DirectoryException;
/**
* Indicates whether this password storage scheme should be
* considered "secure". If the encoding used for this scheme does
* not obscure the value at all, or if it uses a method that is
* trivial to reverse (e.g., base64), then it should not be
* considered secure.
* <BR><BR>
* This may be used to determine whether a password may be included
* in a set of search results, including the possibility of
* overriding access controls in the case that access controls would
* allow the password to be returned but the password is considered
* too insecure to reveal.
*
* @return {@code false} if it may be trivial to discover the
* original plain-text password from the encoded form, or
* {@code true} if the scheme offers sufficient protection
* that revealing the encoded password will not easily
* reveal the corresponding plain-text value.
*/
public abstract boolean isStorageSchemeSecure();
}