User authentication and authorization embedded example

The following program, AuthExampleEmbedded.java, shows how to turn on, use, and turn off user authentication using Derby's built-in user authentication and user authorization.

See User authorizations for information on using SQL authorization, which allows you to use ANSI SQL Standard GRANT and REVOKE statements.

The program does the following:

  1. Starts Derby and creates a database named jdbcDemoDB, using the embedded driver.
  2. Sets database properties that create users with different levels of access (read-only and full access), require authentication, and set the default access level to no access.
  3. Closes the connection, then stops and restarts Derby so that the authentication changes can take effect.
  4. Tries to connect to the database without a username and password, raising an exception.
  5. Connects to the database as a user with read-only access; the connection succeeds, but an attempt to create a table raises an exception.
  6. Connects to the database as a user with full access; this user can create and populate a table.
  7. Removes the table, then turns off authentication and removes the users.
  8. Closes the connection and shuts down Derby.

Make sure that the javac command is in your path, then compile the program as follows:

javac AuthExampleEmbedded.java

Before you run AuthExampleEmbedded, make sure that %DERBY_HOME%\lib\derby.jar (or $DERBY_HOME/lib/derby.jar) is in your classpath. Then use the following command:

java AuthExampleEmbedded

Source code for AuthExampleEmbedded.java

import java.sql.*;

public class AuthExampleEmbedded {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        String driver = "org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver";
        String dbName="jdbcDemoDB";
        String connectionURL = "jdbc:derby:" + dbName + ";create=true";
        Connection conn = null;

        // Load the driver
        try {
            Class.forName(driver);
            System.out.println(driver + " loaded.");
        } catch (java.lang.ClassNotFoundException e) {
            System.err.print("ClassNotFoundException: ");
            System.err.println(e.getMessage());
            System.out.println("\n Make sure your CLASSPATH variable " +
                "contains %DERBY_HOME%\\lib\\derby.jar (${DERBY_HOME}/lib/derby.jar). \n");
        }

        // Start the database and set up users, then close database
        try {
            System.out.println("Trying to connect to " + connectionURL);
            conn = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionURL);
            System.out.println("Connected to database " + connectionURL);

            turnOnBuiltInUsers(conn);

            // shut down the database
            conn.close();
            System.out.println("Closed connection");

            /* In embedded mode, an application should shut down Derby.
               Shutdown throws the XJ015 exception to confirm success. */
            boolean gotSQLExc = false;
            try {
                DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:derby:;shutdown=true");
            } catch (SQLException se) {
                if ( se.getSQLState().equals("XJ015") ) {
                    gotSQLExc = true;
                }
            }
            if (!gotSQLExc) {
                 System.out.println("Database did not shut down normally");
            } else {
                 System.out.println("Database shut down normally");
            }

            // force garbage collection to unload the EmbeddedDriver
            //  so Derby can be restarted
            System.gc();
        } catch (Throwable e) {
            errorPrint(e);
            System.exit(1);
        }

        // Restart database and confirm that unauthorized users cannot
        //  access it
        connectionURL = "jdbc:derby:" + dbName;

        // Load the driver again
        try {
            Class.forName(driver).newInstance();
            System.out.println(driver + " loaded.");
        } catch (java.lang.ClassNotFoundException e) {
            System.err.print("ClassNotFoundException: ");
            System.err.println(e.getMessage());
            System.out.println("\n Make sure your CLASSPATH variable " +
                "contains %DERBY_HOME%\\lib\\derby.jar (${DERBY_HOME}/lib/derby.jar). \n");
        } catch (Exception ee) {
            errorPrint(ee);
        }

        // Try to log in with no username or password
        try {
            // this should fail
            System.out.println("Trying to connect to " + connectionURL +
                " without username or password");
            conn = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionURL);
            System.out.println("Connected to database " + dbName);

            // if it doesn't, close statement and connection
            conn.close();
            System.out.println("Closed connection");
        } catch (Throwable e) {
            errorPrint(e);
        }

        // Log in as a user with read-only access
        try {
            // connection should succeed, but create table should fail
            String newURL = connectionURL + ";user=guest;password=java5w6x";
            System.out.println("Trying to connect to " + newURL);
            conn = DriverManager.getConnection(newURL);
            System.out.println("Connected to database " + dbName +
                " with read-only access");

            Statement s = conn.createStatement();
            s.executeUpdate("CREATE TABLE t1(C1 VARCHAR(6))");

            // if it doesn't, close statement and connection
            s.close();
            conn.close();
            System.out.println("Closed connection");
        } catch (Throwable e) {
            errorPrint(e);
        }

        // Log in as a user with full access
        // Create, update, and query table
        try {
            // this should succeed
            String newURL = connectionURL + ";user=mary;password=little7xylamb";
            System.out.println("Trying to connect to " + newURL);
            conn = DriverManager.getConnection(newURL);
            System.out.println("Connected to database " + dbName);

            Statement s = conn.createStatement();
            s.executeUpdate("CREATE TABLE T1(C1 VARCHAR(6))");
            System.out.println("Created table T1");
            s.executeUpdate("INSERT INTO T1 VALUES('hello')");

            ResultSet rs = s.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM T1");
            rs.next();
            System.out.println("Value of T1/C1 is " + rs.getString(1));

            s.close();
        } catch (Throwable e) {
            errorPrint(e);
        }

        // Remove table, then remove users previously created
        // If you don't remove the table, you will never be able to find it,
        //  because it was created by a user who no longer exists and with a
        //  default connection mode of noAccess
        try {
            //Statement s = conn.createStatement();
            //s.executeUpdate("DROP TABLE T1");
            //System.out.println("Removed table T1");
            //s.close();

            turnOffBuiltInUsers(conn);

            conn.close();
            System.out.println("Closed connection");

            // Shut down the database
            /* In embedded mode, an application should shut down Derby.
               Shutdown throws the XJ015 exception to confirm success. */
            boolean gotSQLExc = false;
            try {
                DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:derby:;shutdown=true");
            } catch (SQLException se) {
                if ( se.getSQLState().equals("XJ015") ) {
                    gotSQLExc = true;
                }
            }
            if (!gotSQLExc) {
                 System.out.println("Database did not shut down normally");
            } else {
                 System.out.println("Database shut down normally");
            }
        } catch (Throwable e) {
            errorPrint(e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Turn on built-in user authentication and user authorization.
     *
     * @param conn a connection to the database.
     */
    public static void turnOnBuiltInUsers(Connection conn) throws SQLException {
        System.out.println("Turning on authentication.");
        Statement s = conn.createStatement();

        // Setting and Confirming requireAuthentication
        s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.connection.requireAuthentication', 'true')");
        ResultSet rs = s.executeQuery(
            "VALUES SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_GET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.connection.requireAuthentication')");
        rs.next();
        System.out.println("Value of requireAuthentication is " +
            rs.getString(1));
        // Setting authentication scheme to Derby
        s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.authentication.provider', 'BUILTIN')");

        // Creating some sample users
        s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.user.sa', 'ajaxj3x9')");
        s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.user.guest', 'java5w6x')");
        s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.user.mary', 'little7xylamb')");

        // Setting default connection mode to no access
        // (user authorization)
        s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.database.defaultConnectionMode', 'noAccess')");
        // Confirming default connection mode
        rs = s.executeQuery (
            "VALUES SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_GET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.database.defaultConnectionMode')");
        rs.next();
        System.out.println("Value of defaultConnectionMode is " +
            rs.getString(1));

        // Defining read-write users
        s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.database.fullAccessUsers', 'sa,mary')");

        // Defining read-only users
        s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.database.readOnlyAccessUsers', 'guest')");

        // Confirming full-access users
        rs = s.executeQuery(
            "VALUES SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_GET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.database.fullAccessUsers')");
        rs.next();
        System.out.println("Value of fullAccessUsers is " + rs.getString(1));

        // Confirming read-only users
        rs = s.executeQuery(
            "VALUES SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_GET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.database.readOnlyAccessUsers')");
        rs.next();
        System.out.println("Value of readOnlyAccessUsers is " +
            rs.getString(1));

        // We would set the following property to TRUE only
        // when we were ready to deploy.
        s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.database.propertiesOnly', 'false')");
        s.close();
    }

    /**
     * Turn off built-in user authentication and user authorization.
     *
     * @param conn a connection to the database.
     */
    public static void turnOffBuiltInUsers (Connection conn) throws SQLException {
        Statement s = conn.createStatement();
        System.out.println("Turning off authentication.");

        s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.connection.requireAuthentication', 'false')");
        s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.authentication.provider', null)");
        s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.user.sa', null)");
        s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.user.guest', null)");
        s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.user.mary', null)");
        s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.database.defaultConnectionMode', 'fullAccess')");
        s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.database.fullAccessUsers', null)");
        s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.database.readOnlyAccessUsers', null)");
        s.executeUpdate("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_SET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.database.propertiesOnly', 'false')");

        // Confirming requireAuthentication
        ResultSet rs = s.executeQuery(
            "VALUES SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_GET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.connection.requireAuthentication')");
        rs.next();
        System.out.println("Value of requireAuthentication is " +
            rs.getString(1));

        // Confirming default connection mode
        rs = s.executeQuery(
            "VALUES SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_GET_DATABASE_PROPERTY(" +
            "'derby.database.defaultConnectionMode')");
        rs.next();
        System.out.println("Value of defaultConnectionMode is " +
            rs.getString(1));
        System.out.println("Turned off all the user-related properties");
        s.close();
    }

    /** Exception reporting methods
     *   with special handling of SQLExceptions
     */
    static void errorPrint(Throwable e) {
        if (e instanceof SQLException)
            SQLExceptionPrint((SQLException)e);
        else {
            System.out.println("A non-SQL error occurred.");
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }  // END errorPrint

    //  Iterates through a stack of SQLExceptions
    static void SQLExceptionPrint(SQLException sqle) {
        while (sqle != null) {
            System.out.println("\n---SQLException Caught---\n");
            System.out.println("SQLState:   " + (sqle).getSQLState());
            System.out.println("Severity: " + (sqle).getErrorCode());
            System.out.println("Message:  " + (sqle).getMessage());
            sqle.printStackTrace();
            sqle = sqle.getNextException();
        }
    }  //  END SQLExceptionPrint
}