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+/* Engine -- generic getInstance method.
+ Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
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+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+02111-1307 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package java.security;
+
+/**
+ * Generic implementation of the getInstance methods in the various
+ * engine classes in java.security.
+ * <p>
+ * These classes ({@link java.security.Signature} for example) can be
+ * thought of as the "chrome, upholstery, and steering wheel", and the SPI
+ * (service provider interface, e.g. {@link java.security.SignatureSpi})
+ * classes can be thought of as the "engine" -- providing the actual
+ * functionality of whatever cryptographic algorithm the instance
+ * represents.
+ *
+ * @see Provider
+ * @author Casey Marshall
+ */
+final class Engine
+{
+
+ // Constants.
+ // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ /** Prefix for aliases. */
+ private static final String ALG_ALIAS = "Alg.Alias.";
+
+ /** Maximum number of aliases to try. */
+ private static final int MAX_ALIASES = 5;
+
+ // Constructor.
+ // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ /** This class cannot be instantiated. */
+ private Engine() { }
+
+ // Class method.
+ // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ /**
+ * Get the implementation for <i>algorithm</i> for service
+ * <i>service</i> from <i>provider</i>. The service is e.g.
+ * "Signature", and the algorithm "DSA".
+ *
+ * @param service The service name.
+ * @param algorithm The name of the algorithm to get.
+ * @param provider The provider to get the implementation from.
+ * @return The engine class for the specified algorithm; the object
+ * returned is typically a subclass of the SPI class for that
+ * service, but callers should check that this is so.
+ * @throws NoSuchAlgorithmException If the implementation cannot be
+ * found or cannot be instantiated.
+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException If any of the three arguments are null.
+ */
+ static Object
+ getInstance(String service, String algorithm, Provider provider)
+ throws NoSuchAlgorithmException
+ {
+ if (service == null || algorithm == null || provider == null)
+ throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+
+ // If there is no property "service.algorithm"
+ if (provider.getProperty(service + "." + algorithm) == null)
+ {
+ // Iterate through aliases, until we find the class name or resolve
+ // too many aliases.
+ String alias = null;
+ int count = 0;
+ while ((alias = provider.getProperty(
+ ALG_ALIAS + service + "." + algorithm)) != null)
+ {
+ if (algorithm.equals(alias)) // Refers to itself!
+ break;
+ algorithm = alias;
+ if (count++ > MAX_ALIASES)
+ throw new NoSuchAlgorithmException("too many aliases");
+ }
+ if (provider.getProperty(service + "." + algorithm) == null)
+ throw new NoSuchAlgorithmException(algorithm);
+ }
+
+ // Find and instantiate the implementation.
+ Class clazz = null;
+ ClassLoader loader = provider.getClass().getClassLoader();
+ String error = algorithm;
+ try
+ {
+ if (loader != null)
+ clazz = loader.loadClass(provider.getProperty(service+"."+algorithm));
+ else
+ clazz = Class.forName(provider.getProperty(service+"."+algorithm));
+ return clazz.newInstance();
+ }
+ catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe)
+ {
+ error = "class not found: " + algorithm;
+ }
+ catch (IllegalAccessException iae)
+ {
+ error = "illegal access: " + iae.getMessage();
+ }
+ catch (InstantiationException ie)
+ {
+ error = "instantiation exception: " + ie.getMessage();
+ }
+ catch (ExceptionInInitializerError eiie)
+ {
+ error = "exception in initializer: " + eiie.getMessage();
+ }
+ catch (SecurityException se)
+ {
+ error = "security exception: " + se.getMessage();
+ }
+
+ throw new NoSuchAlgorithmException(error);
+ }
+}