uk.org.ogsadai.activity.delivery.wsrf
Class DataTransportSecurityHelper

java.lang.Object
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public class DataTransportSecurityHelper

extends java.lang.Object

A helper class for data transport activities which parses the activity in the client's request to extract Globus security parameters.

Author:

The OGSA-DAI Project Team.

COPYRIGHT_NOTICE

private static final java.lang.String COPYRIGHT_NOTICE

Copyright statement

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Constant Field Values

DataTransportSecurityHelper

public DataTransportSecurityHelper()

parse

public static GSISecureConversationProperty parse(org.w3c.dom.Element?activityParameters)

Parses the given activity parameters element and if there is a GSISecureConversation element returns a security property that specifies these.

Parameters:

activityParameters - the XML element specifing the activity's parameters

Returns:

an object representing the security configuration or null if the XML contains no security specification.

getProtectionLevel

private static GSIProtectionLevel getProtectionLevel(org.w3c.dom.Element?gsiSecureConvElement)

Gets the protection level setting from the GSISecureConversation element.

Parameters:

gsiSecureConvElement - XML GSISecureConversation element that will contain a protection level specification.

Returns:

protection level value.

getAuthorizationType

private static GSIAuthorizationType getAuthorizationType(org.w3c.dom.Element?gsiSecureConvElement)

Gets the authorization type setting from the GSISecureConversation element.

Parameters:

gsiSecureConvElement - XML GSISecureConversation element that will contain a authorization type specification.

Returns:

authorization type value.