Package com.sun.identity.log.secure

Class MACGenerator

java.lang.Object

com.sun.identity.log.secure.MACGenerator

All Implemented Interfaces:

IGenerator

public class MACGenerator
extends Object
implements IGenerator

MACGenerator class implements the IGenerator interface and provides the mechanism to generate MAC for the data which is then used for checking for tampering.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MACGenerator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	generateLogField(String data, Object[] params)	Computes the MAC of the given data and converts it to string and returns it back.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MACGenerator

public MACGenerator()

Method Detail

generateLogField

public String generateLogField(String data,
                               Object[] params)
                        throws Exception

Computes the MAC of the given data and converts it to string and returns it back.

Specified by:

generateLogField in interface IGenerator

Parameters:

data - is the data on which the MAC is to be calculated.

params - is an array of required objects for computing the MAC

Returns:

a String representing the generated MAC value for the given data.

Throws:

Exception - if it fails to generate mac value for log entry