Martin, Thomas,

Yes, we can change the behavior (not lookup/load the file in
AbstractCrypto). Patches are welcome.

thanks,
dims

On 11/7/06, Martin Gainty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
2 providers for keystore specific implementations one of which is merlin ..the 
other BC
http://ws.apache.org/wss4j/apidocs/org/apache/ws/security/components/crypto/package-summary.html
dims could provide info on defaulting with merlin over BC
M-

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----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 7:32 PM
Subject: [Axis2] Question about Rampart (AbstractCrypto)


> Hello,
>
> My name is Thomas Roberts and I am looking into developing Java Web
> Services with Security components using Axis 2 and Rampart.
>
> I noticed something strange when examining the code for the class
> AbstractCrypto.
>
> The code can be found here:
> 
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/webservices/wss4j/trunk/src/org/apache/ws/security/components/crypto/AbstractCrypto.java
>
>
> In the constructor "public AbstractCrypto(Properties properties,
> ClassLoader loader)" there is some code:
>
>        String location =
> this.properties.getProperty("org.apache.ws.security.crypto.merlin.file");
>
>            InputStream is = null;
>            java.net.URL url = Loader.getResource(loader, location);
>            if(url != null) {
>                  is =  url.openStream();
>            } else {
>                  is = new java.io.FileInputStream(location);
>            }
>
> My querstion is why is the AbstractCrypto class looking up a property entry
> for it's sub class 'Merlin'?
>
> Our project is hoping to use Certificates with Axis2, but provide them from
> another source. To include this property entry and presumably also the Java
> Key Store is redundant.
>
> Thomas.
>
>
>
> 
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