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Added in API level 1

Provider

abstract class Provider : Properties
kotlin.Any
   ↳ java.util.Dictionary<K, V>
   ↳ java.util.Hashtable<kotlin.Any, kotlin.Any>
   ↳ java.util.Properties
   ↳ java.security.Provider

This class represents a "provider" for the Java Security API, where a provider implements some or all parts of Java Security. Services that a provider may implement include:

  • Algorithms (such as DSA, RSA, MD5 or SHA-1).
  • Key generation, conversion, and management facilities (such as for algorithm-specific keys).

Each provider has a name and a version number, and is configured in each runtime it is installed in.

See The Provider Class in the "Java Cryptography Architecture API Specification & Reference" for information about how a particular type of provider, the cryptographic service provider, works and is installed. However, please note that a provider can be used to implement any security service in Java that uses a pluggable architecture with a choice of implementations that fit underneath.

Some provider implementations may encounter unrecoverable internal errors during their operation, for example a failure to communicate with a security token. A ProviderException should be used to indicate such errors.

The service type Provider is reserved for use by the security framework. Services of this type cannot be added, removed, or modified by applications. The following attributes are automatically placed in each Provider object:

Attributes Automatically Placed in a Provider Object
Name Value
Provider.id name String.valueOf(provider.getName())
Provider.id version String.valueOf(provider.getVersion())
Provider.id info String.valueOf(provider.getInfo())
Provider.id className provider.getClass().getName()

Summary

Nested classes
open

The description of a security service.

Protected constructors
<init>(name: String!, version: Double, info: String!)

Constructs a provider with the specified name, version number, and information.

Public methods
open Unit

Clears this provider so that it no longer contains the properties used to look up facilities implemented by the provider.

open Any?
compute(key: Any!, remappingFunction: BiFunction<in Any!, in Any?, *>)

Attempts to compute a mapping for the specified key and its current mapped value (or null if there is no current mapping).

open Any!
computeIfAbsent(key: Any!, mappingFunction: Function<in Any!, *>)

If the specified key is not already associated with a value (or is mapped to null), attempts to compute its value using the given mapping function and enters it into this map unless null.

open Any?
computeIfPresent(key: Any!, remappingFunction: BiFunction<in Any!, in Any, *>)

If the value for the specified key is present and non-null, attempts to compute a new mapping given the key and its current mapped value.

open Enumeration<Any!>!

open Unit
forEach(action: BiConsumer<in Any!, in Any!>)

open Any?
get(key: Any!)

open String!

Returns a human-readable description of the provider and its services.

open String!

Returns the name of this provider.

open Any!
getOrDefault(key: Any!, defaultValue: Any!)

open String!

open Provider.Service!
getService(type: String!, algorithm: String!)

Get the service describing this Provider's implementation of the specified type of this algorithm or alias.

open MutableSet<Provider.Service!>!

Get an unmodifiable Set of all services supported by this Provider.

open Double

Returns the version number for this provider.

open Enumeration<Any!>!

open Unit
load(inStream: InputStream!)

Reads a property list (key and element pairs) from the input stream.

open Any?
merge(key: Any!, value: Any, remappingFunction: BiFunction<in Any, in Any, *>)

If the specified key is not already associated with a value or is associated with null, associates it with the given value.

open Any?
put(key: Any!, value: Any!)

Sets the key property to have the specified value.

open Unit
putAll(from: Map<*, *>)

Copies all of the mappings from the specified Map to this provider.

open Any?
putIfAbsent(key: Any!, value: Any!)

If the specified key is not already associated with a value (or is mapped to null) associates it with the given value and returns null, else returns the current value.

open Any?
remove(key: Any!)

Removes the key property (and its corresponding value).

open Boolean
remove(key: Any!, value: Any!)

Removes the entry for the specified key only if it is currently mapped to the specified value.

open Boolean
replace(key: Any!, oldValue: Any!, newValue: Any!)

Replaces the entry for the specified key only if currently mapped to the specified value.

open Any?
replace(key: Any!, value: Any!)

Replaces the entry for the specified key only if it is currently mapped to some value.

open Unit
replaceAll(function: BiFunction<in Any!, in Any!, *>)

Replaces each entry's value with the result of invoking the given function on that entry, in the order entries are returned by an entry set iterator, until all entries have been processed or the function throws an exception.

open String

Returns a string with the name and the version number of this provider.

Protected methods
open Unit

Add a service.

open Unit

Remove a service previously added using putService().

Inherited functions
Properties
open MutableSet<MutableEntry<Any!, Any!>>

Returns an unmodifiable Set view of the property entries contained in this Provider.

open MutableSet<Any!>

Returns an unmodifiable Set view of the property keys contained in this provider.

open MutableCollection<Any!>

Returns an unmodifiable Collection view of the property values contained in this provider.

Inherited properties

Protected constructors

<init>

Added in API level 1
protected Provider(
    name: String!,
    version: Double,
    info: String!)

Constructs a provider with the specified name, version number, and information.

Parameters
name String!: the provider name.
version Double: the provider version number.
info String!: a description of the provider and its services.

Public methods

clear

Added in API level 1
open fun clear(): Unit

Clears this provider so that it no longer contains the properties used to look up facilities implemented by the provider.

If a security manager is enabled, its checkSecurityAccess method is called with the string "clearProviderProperties."+name (where name is the provider name) to see if it's ok to clear this provider.

Exceptions
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the clear operation is not supported by this map
java.lang.SecurityException if a security manager exists and its method denies access to clear this provider

compute

Added in API level 24
open fun compute(
    key: Any!,
    remappingFunction: BiFunction<in Any!, in Any?, *>
): Any?

Attempts to compute a mapping for the specified key and its current mapped value (or null if there is no current mapping).

If a security manager is enabled, its checkSecurityAccess method is called with the strings "putProviderProperty."+name and "removeProviderProperty."+name, where name is the provider name, to see if it's ok to set this provider's property values and remove this provider's properties.

Parameters
key Any!: key with which the specified value is to be associated
remappingFunction BiFunction<in Any!, in Any?, *>: the remapping function to compute a value
Return
Any? the new value associated with the specified key, or null if none
Exceptions
java.lang.NullPointerException if the specified key is null and this map does not support null keys, or the remappingFunction is null
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the put operation is not supported by this map (optional)
java.lang.ClassCastException if the class of the specified key or value prevents it from being stored in this map (optional)
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if some property of the specified key or value prevents it from being stored in this map (optional)
java.lang.SecurityException if a security manager exists and its method denies access to set property values or remove properties.

computeIfAbsent

Added in API level 24
open fun computeIfAbsent(
    key: Any!,
    mappingFunction: Function<in Any!, *>
): Any!

If the specified key is not already associated with a value (or is mapped to null), attempts to compute its value using the given mapping function and enters it into this map unless null.

If a security manager is enabled, its checkSecurityAccess method is called with the strings "putProviderProperty."+name and "removeProviderProperty."+name, where name is the provider name, to see if it's ok to set this provider's property values and remove this provider's properties.

Parameters
key Any!: key with which the specified value is to be associated
mappingFunction Function<in Any!, *>: the mapping function to compute a value
Return
Any! the current (existing or computed) value associated with the specified key, or null if the computed value is null
Exceptions
java.lang.NullPointerException if the specified key is null and this map does not support null keys, or the mappingFunction is null
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the put operation is not supported by this map (optional)
java.lang.ClassCastException if the class of the specified key or value prevents it from being stored in this map (optional)
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if some property of the specified key or value prevents it from being stored in this map (optional)
java.lang.SecurityException if a security manager exists and its method denies access to set property values and remove properties.

computeIfPresent

Added in API level 24
open fun computeIfPresent(
    key: Any!,
    remappingFunction: BiFunction<in Any!, in Any, *>
): Any?

If the value for the specified key is present and non-null, attempts to compute a new mapping given the key and its current mapped value.

If a security manager is enabled, its checkSecurityAccess method is called with the strings "putProviderProperty."+name and "removeProviderProperty."+name, where name is the provider name, to see if it's ok to set this provider's property values and remove this provider's properties.

Parameters
key Any!: key with which the specified value is to be associated
remappingFunction BiFunction<in Any!, in Any, *>: the remapping function to compute a value
Return
Any? the new value associated with the specified key, or null if none
Exceptions
java.lang.NullPointerException if the specified key is null and this map does not support null keys, or the remappingFunction is null
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the put operation is not supported by this map (optional)
java.lang.ClassCastException if the class of the specified key or value prevents it from being stored in this map (optional)
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if some property of the specified key or value prevents it from being stored in this map (optional)
java.lang.SecurityException if a security manager exists and its method denies access to set property values or remove properties.

elements

Added in API level 1
open fun elements(): Enumeration<Any!>!
Return
Enumeration<Any!>! an enumeration of the values in this hashtable.

forEach

Added in API level 24
open fun forEach(action: BiConsumer<in Any!, in Any!>): Unit
Parameters
action BiConsumer<in Any!, in Any!>: The action to be performed for each entry
Exceptions
java.lang.NullPointerException if the specified action is null
java.util.ConcurrentModificationException if an entry is found to be removed during iteration

get

Added in API level 1
open fun get(key: Any!): Any?
Parameters
key Any!: the key whose associated value is to be returned
Return
Any? the value to which the specified key is mapped, or null if this map contains no mapping for the key
Exceptions
java.lang.ClassCastException if the key is of an inappropriate type for this map (optional)
java.lang.NullPointerException if the specified key is null

getInfo

Added in API level 1
open fun getInfo(): String!

Returns a human-readable description of the provider and its services. This may return an HTML page, with relevant links.

Return
String! a description of the provider and its services.

getName

Added in API level 1
open fun getName(): String!

Returns the name of this provider.

Return
String! the name of this provider.

getOrDefault

Added in API level 24
open fun getOrDefault(
    key: Any!,
    defaultValue: Any!
): Any!
Parameters
key Any!: the key whose associated value is to be returned
defaultValue Any!: the default mapping of the key
Return
Any! the value to which the specified key is mapped, or defaultValue if this map contains no mapping for the key
Exceptions
java.lang.ClassCastException if the key is of an inappropriate type for this map (optional)
java.lang.NullPointerException if the specified key is null and this map does not permit null keys (optional)

getProperty

Added in API level 1
open fun getProperty(key: String!): String!
Parameters
key String!: the property key.
Return
String! the value in this property list with the specified key value.

getService

Added in API level 1
open fun getService(
    type: String!,
    algorithm: String!
): Provider.Service!

Get the service describing this Provider's implementation of the specified type of this algorithm or alias. If no such implementation exists, this method returns null. If there are two matching services, one added to this provider using putService() and one added via put(), the service added via putService() is returned.

Parameters
type String!: the type of Service requested (for example, MessageDigest)
algorithm String!: the case insensitive algorithm name (or alternate alias) of the service requested (for example, SHA-1)
Return
Provider.Service! the service describing this Provider's matching service or null if no such service exists
Exceptions
java.lang.NullPointerException if type or algorithm is null

getServices

Added in API level 1
open fun getServices(): MutableSet<Provider.Service!>!

Get an unmodifiable Set of all services supported by this Provider.

Return
MutableSet<Provider.Service!>! an unmodifiable Set of all services supported by this Provider

getVersion

Added in API level 1
open fun getVersion(): Double

Returns the version number for this provider.

Return
Double the version number for this provider.

keys

Added in API level 1
open fun keys(): Enumeration<Any!>!
Return
Enumeration<Any!>! an enumeration of the keys in this hashtable.

load

Added in API level 1
open fun load(inStream: InputStream!): Unit

Reads a property list (key and element pairs) from the input stream.

Parameters
inStream InputStream!: the input stream.
Exceptions
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if the input stream contains a malformed Unicode escape sequence.
java.io.IOException if an error occurred when reading from the input stream.

merge

Added in API level 24
open fun merge(
    key: Any!,
    value: Any,
    remappingFunction: BiFunction<in Any, in Any, *>
): Any?

If the specified key is not already associated with a value or is associated with null, associates it with the given value. Otherwise, replaces the value with the results of the given remapping function, or removes if the result is null. This method may be of use when combining multiple mapped values for a key.

If a security manager is enabled, its checkSecurityAccess method is called with the strings "putProviderProperty."+name and "removeProviderProperty."+name, where name is the provider name, to see if it's ok to set this provider's property values and remove this provider's properties.

Parameters
key Any!: key with which the resulting value is to be associated
value Any: the non-null value to be merged with the existing value associated with the key or, if no existing value or a null value is associated with the key, to be associated with the key
remappingFunction BiFunction<in Any, in Any, *>: the remapping function to recompute a value if present
Return
Any? the new value associated with the specified key, or null if no value is associated with the key
Exceptions
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the put operation is not supported by this map (optional)
java.lang.ClassCastException if the class of the specified key or value prevents it from being stored in this map (optional)
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if some property of the specified key or value prevents it from being stored in this map (optional)
java.lang.NullPointerException if the specified key is null and this map does not support null keys or the value or remappingFunction is null
java.lang.SecurityException if a security manager exists and its method denies access to set property values or remove properties.

put

Added in API level 1
open fun put(
    key: Any!,
    value: Any!
): Any?

Sets the key property to have the specified value.

If a security manager is enabled, its checkSecurityAccess 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.

Parameters
key Any!: the hashtable key
value Any!: the value
Return
Any? the previous value of the specified key in this hashtable, or null if it did not have one
Exceptions
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the put operation is not supported by this map
java.lang.ClassCastException if the class of the specified key or value prevents it from being stored in this map
java.lang.NullPointerException if the specified key or value is null and this map does not permit null keys or values
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if some property of the specified key or value prevents it from being stored in this map
java.lang.SecurityException if a security manager exists and its method denies access to set property values.

putAll

Added in API level 1
open fun putAll(from: Map<*, *>): Unit

Copies all of the mappings from the specified Map to this provider. These mappings will replace any properties that this provider had for any of the keys currently in the specified Map.

Parameters
m mappings to be stored in this map
t mappings to be stored in this map
Exceptions
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the putAll operation is not supported by this map
java.lang.ClassCastException if the class of a key or value in the specified map prevents it from being stored in this map
java.lang.NullPointerException if the specified map is null
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if some property of a key or value in the specified map prevents it from being stored in this map

putIfAbsent

Added in API level 24
open fun putIfAbsent(
    key: Any!,
    value: Any!
): Any?

If the specified key is not already associated with a value (or is mapped to null) associates it with the given value and returns null, else returns the current value.

If a security manager is enabled, its checkSecurityAccess 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.

Parameters
key Any!: key with which the specified value is to be associated
value Any!: value to be associated with the specified key
Return
Any? the previous value associated with the specified key, or null if there was no mapping for the key. (A null return can also indicate that the map previously associated null with the key, if the implementation supports null values.)
Exceptions
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the put operation is not supported by this map (optional)
java.lang.ClassCastException if the key or value is of an inappropriate type for this map (optional)
java.lang.NullPointerException if the specified key or value is null, and this map does not permit null keys or values (optional)
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if some property of the specified key or value prevents it from being stored in this map (optional)
java.lang.SecurityException if a security manager exists and its method denies access to set property values.

remove

Added in API level 1
open fun remove(key: Any!): Any?

Removes the key property (and its corresponding value).

If a security manager is enabled, its checkSecurityAccess method is called with the string "removeProviderProperty."+name, where name is the provider name, to see if it's ok to remove this provider's properties.

Parameters
key Any!: the key that needs to be removed
Return
Any? the value to which the key had been mapped in this hashtable, or null if the key did not have a mapping
Exceptions
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the remove operation is not supported by this map
java.lang.ClassCastException if the key is of an inappropriate type for this map (optional)
java.lang.NullPointerException if the key is null
java.lang.SecurityException if a security manager exists and its method denies access to remove this provider's properties.

remove

Added in API level 24
open fun remove(
    key: Any!,
    value: Any!
): Boolean

Removes the entry for the specified key only if it is currently mapped to the specified value.

If a security manager is enabled, its checkSecurityAccess method is called with the string "removeProviderProperty."+name, where name is the provider name, to see if it's ok to remove this provider's properties.

Parameters
key Any!: key with which the specified value is associated
value Any!: value expected to be associated with the specified key
Return
Boolean true if the value was removed
Exceptions
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the remove operation is not supported by this map (optional)
java.lang.ClassCastException if the key or value is of an inappropriate type for this map (optional)
java.lang.NullPointerException if the specified key or value is null, and this map does not permit null keys or values (optional)
java.lang.SecurityException if a security manager exists and its method denies access to remove this provider's properties.

replace

Added in API level 24
open fun replace(
    key: Any!,
    oldValue: Any!,
    newValue: Any!
): Boolean

Replaces the entry for the specified key only if currently mapped to the specified value.

If a security manager is enabled, its checkSecurityAccess 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.

Parameters
key Any!: key with which the specified value is associated
oldValue Any!: value expected to be associated with the specified key
newValue Any!: value to be associated with the specified key
Return
Boolean true if the value was replaced
Exceptions
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the put operation is not supported by this map (optional)
java.lang.ClassCastException if the class of a specified key or value prevents it from being stored in this map
java.lang.NullPointerException if oldValue is null and this map does not permit null values (optional)
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if some property of a specified key or value prevents it from being stored in this map
java.lang.SecurityException if a security manager exists and its method denies access to set property values.

replace

Added in API level 24
open fun replace(
    key: Any!,
    value: Any!
): Any?

Replaces the entry for the specified key only if it is currently mapped to some value.

If a security manager is enabled, its checkSecurityAccess 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.

Parameters
key Any!: key with which the specified value is associated
value Any!: value to be associated with the specified key
Return
Any? the previous value associated with the specified key, or null if there was no mapping for the key. (A null return can also indicate that the map previously associated null with the key, if the implementation supports null values.)
Exceptions
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the put operation is not supported by this map (optional)
java.lang.ClassCastException if the class of the specified key or value prevents it from being stored in this map (optional)
java.lang.NullPointerException if the specified key or value is null, and this map does not permit null keys or values
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if some property of the specified key or value prevents it from being stored in this map
java.lang.SecurityException if a security manager exists and its method denies access to set property values.

replaceAll

Added in API level 24
open fun replaceAll(function: BiFunction<in Any!, in Any!, *>): Unit

Replaces each entry's value with the result of invoking the given function on that entry, in the order entries are returned by an entry set iterator, until all entries have been processed or the function throws an exception.

If a security manager is enabled, its checkSecurityAccess 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.

Parameters
function BiFunction<in Any!, in Any!, *>: the function to apply to each entry
Exceptions
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the set operation is not supported by this map's entry set iterator.
java.lang.ClassCastException if a replacement value is of an inappropriate type for this map (optional)
java.lang.NullPointerException if function or a replacement value is null, and this map does not permit null keys or values (optional)
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if some property of a replacement value prevents it from being stored in this map (optional)
java.util.ConcurrentModificationException if an entry is found to be removed during iteration
java.lang.SecurityException if a security manager exists and its method denies access to set property values.

toString

Added in API level 1
open fun toString(): String

Returns a string with the name and the version number of this provider.

Return
String the string with the name and the version number for this provider.

Protected methods

putService

Added in API level 1
protected open fun putService(s: Provider.Service!): Unit

Add a service. If a service of the same type with the same algorithm name exists and it was added using putService(), it is replaced by the new service. This method also places information about this service in the provider's Hashtable values in the format described in the Java Cryptography Architecture API Specification & Reference .

Also, if there is a security manager, its checkSecurityAccess 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 checkSecurityAccess is used (that is, that method is not overriden), then this results in a call to the security manager's checkPermission method with a SecurityPermission("putProviderProperty."+name) permission.

Parameters
s Provider.Service!: the Service to add
Exceptions
java.lang.SecurityException if a security manager exists and its method denies access to set property values.
java.lang.NullPointerException if s is null

removeService

Added in API level 1
protected open fun removeService(s: Provider.Service!): Unit

Remove a service previously added using putService(). The specified service is removed from this provider. It will no longer be returned by getService() and its information will be removed from this provider's Hashtable.

Also, if there is a security manager, its checkSecurityAccess method is called with the string "removeProviderProperty."+name, where name is the provider name, to see if it's ok to remove this provider's properties. If the default implementation of checkSecurityAccess is used (that is, that method is not overriden), then this results in a call to the security manager's checkPermission method with a SecurityPermission("removeProviderProperty."+name) permission.

Parameters
s Provider.Service!: the Service to be removed
Exceptions
java.lang.SecurityException if a security manager exists and its method denies access to remove this provider's properties.
java.lang.NullPointerException if s is null

Properties

entries

Added in API level 1
open val entries: MutableSet<MutableEntry<Any!, Any!>>

Returns an unmodifiable Set view of the property entries contained in this Provider.

Return
MutableSet<MutableEntry<Any!, Any!>> a set view of the mappings contained in this map

keys

Added in API level 1
open val keys: MutableSet<Any!>

Returns an unmodifiable Set view of the property keys contained in this provider.

Return
MutableSet<Any!> a set view of the keys contained in this map

values

Added in API level 1
open val values: MutableCollection<Any!>

Returns an unmodifiable Collection view of the property values contained in this provider.

Return
MutableCollection<Any!> a collection view of the values contained in this map