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package java_local.security;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * This class represents a Java security architecture service provider.
 * The services provided by a such a provider can range from security
 * algorithms to key generation.
 * <p>
 * Providers are installed by name and version number.  There is one
 * standard provider supplied with the class library.  This is the
 * "GNU" provider, which can also be accessed by the alias "SUN" for
 * compatibility with the JDK.
 *
 * @version 0.0
 *
 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
 */
public abstract class Provider extends Properties implements Serializable
{
  private static final long serialVersionUID = -4298000515446427739L;

  /**
   * This is a textual description of the provider
   */
  private String info;

  /**
   * This is the name of the provider
   */
  private String name;

  /**
   * This is the version number of the provider
   */
  private double version;

  /**
   * This method initializes a new instance of <code>Provider</code> to have
   * the specified name, version, and description information.
   *
   * @param name The name to assign to this <code>Provider</code>.
   * @param version The version number for this <code>Provider</code>.
   * @param info A textual description of this provider.
   */
  protected Provider(String name, double version, String info)
  {
    this.name = name;
    this.version = version;
    this.info = info;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the name assigned to this <code>Provider</code>.
   *
   * @return The <code>Provider</code>'s name.
   */
  public String getName()
  {
    return (name);
  }

  /**
   * This method retunrs the version number of this <code>Provider</code>.
   * 
   * @return The <code>Provider</code>'s version number.
   */
  public double getVersion()
  {
    return (version);
  }

  /**
   * This method returns a textual description of the <code>Provider</code>.
   *
   * @return A description of the <code>Provider</code>.
   */
  public String getInfo()
  {
    return (info);
  }

  /**
   * Sets the key property to have the specified value.
   * <p>
   * <bold>NOT IMPLEMENTED YET</bold>[
   * First, if there is a security manager, its <code>checkSecurityAccess</code>
   * method is called with the string "putProviderProperty."+name, where name is
   * the provider name, to see if it's ok to set this provider's property
   * values.
   * If the default implementation of <code>checkSecurityAccess</code> is used
   * (that is, that method is not overriden), then this results in a call to the
   * security manager's <code>checkPermission</code> method with a
   * <code>SecurityPermission("putProviderProperty."+name)</code>
   * permission.<br>]
   *
   * @param key The property key.
   * @param value The property value.
   *
   * @return The previous value of the specified property (<code>key</code>),
   *         or <code>null</code> if it did not have one.
   * @throws SecurityException If a security manager exists and its
   * {@link java.lang.SecurityManager.checkSecurityAccess(java.lang.String)}
   * method denies access to set property values.
   * @since Classpath 0.4+cvs, JDK 1.2
   * @see java.lang.Object.equals(Object)
   * @see java.util.Hashtable.get(Object)
   */
  public Object put(Object key, Object value)
  {
    return super.put(toCanonicalKey(key), value);
  }
  
  // overrides same in java.util.Hashtable
  public Object get(Object key)
  {
    return super.get(toCanonicalKey(key));
  }

  /**
   * This method removes the specified key entry (and its associated value)
   * from the property mapping list.
   * 
   * @param key The key to remove
   *
   * @return The previous value for this key, or <code>null</code> if no
   * previous value.
   */
  public Object remove(Object key)
  {
    return super.remove(toCanonicalKey(key));
  }

  /**
   * This method clears the entire property list such that it no longer
   * contains the properties used to look up the services provided by
   * the <code>Provider</code>.
   */
  public void clear()
  {
    super.clear();
  }

  /**
   * This method returns a <code>String</code> representation of this
   * object.  This will include the <code>Provider</code> name and
   * version number.
   *
   * @return A <code>String</code> representation of this object.
   */
  public String toString()
  {
    return (getClass().getName() + ": name=" + getName() + " version=" +
	    version);
  }
  
  private Object toCanonicalKey(Object key)
  {
    if (key.getClass().isAssignableFrom(String.class)) // is it ours?
      return ((String) key).toUpperCase(); // use default locale
    else
      return key;
  }
}
