JCE providers as services

[Sean Mullan]

On 06/19/2012 05:28 PM, Alan Bateman wrote:
> On 19/06/2012 22:18, Sean Mullan wrote:
>>
>> It's used internally to pass a configuration file to the SunPKCS11 and
>> Ucrypto providers. I suppose I could add an init method and pass it in
>> that way after it is instantiated and returned by the ServiceLoader.
> Is this something that the provider could pick up itself?

I suppose it could but the path may vary depending on the platform, or 
someone could edit the java.security file and specify their own path.

> Also if I'm
> using these providers today then how to I specify the configuration file
> if I'm not doing it through the API?

It's specified in the java.security file, ex, for Solaris:

security.provider.2=sun.security.pkcs11.SunPKCS11 
${java.home}/lib/security/sunpkcs11-solaris.cfg

--Sean