Package com.sun.identity.log.secure

Class LogSign

java.lang.Object

com.sun.identity.log.secure.LogSign

public class LogSign
extends Object

This class is logging signature that generates with the MAC value for each log entry.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
LogSign(String log)	Constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	readHeader(String[] recordListHeader)	Reads the header from the log file and interprets its contents.
String	sign()	The actual sign method that creates the signature by taking the last generated MAC and the last Signature in the log file and then using that to create the next signature that is to be written to the file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LogSign

public LogSign(String log)

Constructor

Parameters:

log - A string representing the name of the logger.

Method Detail

readHeader

public void readHeader(String[] recordListHeader)

Reads the header from the log file and interprets its contents. It finds out the position of the Signature and MAC fields.

Parameters:

recordListHeader - A string array that contains the header entries as strings.

sign

public String sign()
            throws Exception

The actual sign method that creates the signature by taking the last generated MAC and the last Signature in the log file and then using that to create the next signature that is to be written to the file.

Returns:

A String repersentation of the actual byte array signature.

Throws:

Exception - if it fails to sign the mac value