first untested unfactoring for Postgresql suppport

The scheme of configuration DB changed, therefore this version is incompatible to 3.3.2 configuration

13 files changed, 262 insertions, 128 deletions

diff --git a/id/ConfigWebTool/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/configuration/config/ConfigurationProvider.java b/id/ConfigWebTool/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/configuration/config/ConfigurationProvider.java
index c5ae5065f..8aab7ef06 100644
--- a/id/ConfigWebTool/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/configuration/config/ConfigurationProvider.java
+++ b/id/ConfigWebTool/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/configuration/config/ConfigurationProvider.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import java.security.KeyStore;
 import java.security.KeyStoreException;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Timer;
 import java.util.jar.Attributes;
@@ -51,7 +52,9 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AutowireCapableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.web.context.support.GenericWebApplicationContext;
 
+import at.gv.egovernment.moa.id.commons.config.SpringProfileConstants;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.id.commons.db.NewConfigurationDBRead;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.id.commons.ex.MOAHttpProtocolSocketFactoryException;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.id.commons.utils.MOAHttpProtocolSocketFactory;
@@ -93,6 +96,8 @@ public class ConfigurationProvider {
 	private NewConfigurationDBRead deprecatedDBRead = null;
 	private FileBasedUserConfiguration userManagement = null;
 	
+	private ArrayList<String> activeProfiles = new ArrayList<String>();
+	
 	public static ConfigurationProvider getInstance() throws ConfigurationException {
 
 		if (instance == null) {
@@ -134,12 +139,24 @@ public class ConfigurationProvider {
 			props.load(fis);			
 			fis.close();
 			
+			//initialize generic SpringContext to set profiles 
+			GenericWebApplicationContext rootContext = new GenericWebApplicationContext();
+			if (Boolean.valueOf(props.getProperty("configuration.database.byteBasedValues", "false")))
+				activeProfiles.add(SpringProfileConstants.BYTEBASEDCONFIG);
+			
+			log.info("Activate SpingProfiles: " + activeProfiles.toString());
+			for (String el: activeProfiles)
+				rootContext.getEnvironment().addActiveProfile(el);
+			
+			//initialize SpringContext
 			context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
 					new String[] {  "configuration.beans.xml",
 									"moaid.webgui.beans.xml",
 									"moaid.migration.beans.xml",
 									"moaid.configurationtool.beans.xml"
-									});
+									}, rootContext);
+			
+			//Autowire beans in these context
 			AutowireCapableBeanFactory acbFactory = context.getAutowireCapableBeanFactory();
 			acbFactory.autowireBean(this);
 			
diff --git a/id/server/data/deploy/conf/moa-id-configuration/moa-id-configtool.properties b/id/server/data/deploy/conf/moa-id-configuration/moa-id-configtool.properties
index 4520dcc14..05e68daca 100644
--- a/id/server/data/deploy/conf/moa-id-configuration/moa-id-configtool.properties
+++ b/id/server/data/deploy/conf/moa-id-configuration/moa-id-configtool.properties
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ general.moaconfig.key=ConfigurationEncryptionKey
 general.pvp.schemavalidation=true
 
 ##Hibnerate configuration for MOA-ID 2.0 configuration
+configuration.database.byteBasedValues=false
 hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect
 hibernate.connection.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost/moa-id-config?charSet=utf-8&autoReconnect=true&serverTimezone=UTC
 hibernate.connection.charSet=utf-8
diff --git a/id/server/data/deploy/conf/moa-id/moa-id.properties b/id/server/data/deploy/conf/moa-id/moa-id.properties
index 4228b0d3a..fa6bccef0 100644
--- a/id/server/data/deploy/conf/moa-id/moa-id.properties
+++ b/id/server/data/deploy/conf/moa-id/moa-id.properties
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ protocols.oauth20.jwt.ks.key.name=oauth
 protocols.oauth20.jwt.ks.key.password=password
 
 ##Database configuration##
+configuration.database.byteBasedValues=false
+
+
 #Hibnerate configuration for MOA-ID 3.x session store 
 moasession.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect
 moasession.hibernate.connection.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost/moa-id-session?charSet=utf-8&serverTimezone=UTC
diff --git a/id/server/idserverlib/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/config/ConfigurationProviderImpl.java b/id/server/idserverlib/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/config/ConfigurationProviderImpl.java
index 2b5459208..151eda89f 100644
--- a/id/server/idserverlib/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/config/ConfigurationProviderImpl.java
+++ b/id/server/idserverlib/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/config/ConfigurationProviderImpl.java
@@ -269,11 +269,16 @@ public abstract class ConfigurationProviderImpl implements ConfigurationProvider
 		}else{
 			activeProfiles.add("advancedLogOff");
 		}
+		
 		if (Boolean.valueOf(props.getProperty("redis.active", "false"))) {
 			activeProfiles.add(SpringProfileConstants.REDIS_BACKEND);
 		}else{
 			activeProfiles.add(SpringProfileConstants.DB_BACKEND);
 		}
+		
+		if (Boolean.valueOf(props.getProperty("configuration.database.byteBasedValues", "false")))
+			activeProfiles.add(SpringProfileConstants.BYTEBASEDCONFIG);
+			
 	}
 	
 	public String[] getActiveProfiles(){
diff --git a/id/server/idserverlib/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/storage/DBAuthenticationSessionStoreage.java b/id/server/idserverlib/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/storage/DBAuthenticationSessionStoreage.java
index ad200e400..0df6379b0 100644
--- a/id/server/idserverlib/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/storage/DBAuthenticationSessionStoreage.java
+++ b/id/server/idserverlib/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/storage/DBAuthenticationSessionStoreage.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  *******************************************************************************/
 package at.gv.egovernment.moa.id.storage;
 
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ public class DBAuthenticationSessionStoreage implements IAuthenticationSessionSt
 			//set additional session informations
 			AuthenticationSessionExtensions sessionExt = new AuthenticationSessionExtensions();
 			sessionExt.setUniqueSessionId(target.getUniqueSessionIdentifier());
-			dbsession.setAdditionalInformation(mapper.serialize(sessionExt));
+			dbsession.setAdditionalInformation(mapper.serialize(sessionExt).getBytes("UTF-8"));
 		
 			AuthenticationSession session = new AuthenticationSession(id, now, target.getMOASession());
 			encryptSession(session, dbsession);
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ public class DBAuthenticationSessionStoreage implements IAuthenticationSessionSt
 //			Logger.warn("MOASession could not be created.");
 //			throw new MOADatabaseException(e);
 			
-		} catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+		} catch (JsonProcessingException | UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
 			Logger.warn("Extended session information can not be stored.", e);
 			throw new MOADatabaseException(e);
 			
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ public class DBAuthenticationSessionStoreage implements IAuthenticationSessionSt
 		
 		if (MiscUtil.isNotEmpty(dbsession.getAdditionalInformation())) {
 			try {
-				return (AuthenticationSessionExtensions)mapper.deserialize(dbsession.getAdditionalInformation(), 
+				return (AuthenticationSessionExtensions)mapper.deserialize(new String(dbsession.getAdditionalInformation(), "UTF-8"), 
 						AuthenticationSessionExtensions.class);
 				
 			} catch (Exception e) {
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ public class DBAuthenticationSessionStoreage implements IAuthenticationSessionSt
 			AuthenticatedSessionStore dbsession = searchInDatabase(sessionID);
 			
 			dbsession.setAdditionalInformation(
-					mapper.serialize(sessionExtensions));
+					mapper.serialize(sessionExtensions).getBytes("UTF-8"));
 			
 			entityManager.merge(dbsession);			
 			Logger.debug("MOASession with sessionID=" + sessionID + " is stored in Database");
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ public class DBAuthenticationSessionStoreage implements IAuthenticationSessionSt
 			Logger.warn("MOASession could not be stored.");
 			throw new MOADatabaseException(e);
 			
-		} catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+		} catch (JsonProcessingException | UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
 			Logger.warn("Extended session information can not be stored.", e);
 			throw new MOADatabaseException("Extended session information can not be stored.", e);
 			
diff --git a/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/config/SpringProfileConstants.java b/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/config/SpringProfileConstants.java
index 14824b1f8..f64e10d0d 100644
--- a/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/config/SpringProfileConstants.java
+++ b/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/config/SpringProfileConstants.java
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ public final class SpringProfileConstants {
 	public static final String ADVANCED_LOG = "advancedLogOn";
 	public static final String REDIS_BACKEND = "redisBackend";
 	public static final String DB_BACKEND = "dbBackend";
+	public static final String BYTEBASEDCONFIG = "byteBasedConfig";
 }
diff --git a/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/config/persistence/MOAIDConfigurationImpl.java b/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/config/persistence/MOAIDConfigurationImpl.java
index b9b5ad611..4fd382606 100644
--- a/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/config/persistence/MOAIDConfigurationImpl.java
+++ b/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/config/persistence/MOAIDConfigurationImpl.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 import at.gv.egiz.components.configuration.api.Configuration;
 import at.gv.egiz.components.configuration.api.ConfigurationException;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.id.commons.config.MOAIDConfigurationConstants;
+import at.gv.egovernment.moa.id.commons.db.dao.config.AbstractConfigProperty;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.id.commons.db.dao.config.ConfigProperty;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.id.commons.db.dao.config.DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.id.commons.utils.KeyValueUtils;
@@ -31,14 +32,6 @@ public class MOAIDConfigurationImpl extends DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl implement
 
 //	Configuration configPropertyDao;
 //
-//	/**
-//	 * Sets the {@link ConfigPropertyDao}.
-//	 * @param configPropertyDao the ConfigPropertyDao
-//	 */
-//	@Required
-//	public void setConfigPropertyDao(Configuration configPropertyDao) {
-//		this.configPropertyDao = configPropertyDao;
-//	}
 	
 	public void setStringValue(String id, String value) throws ConfigurationException {
 		super.setStringValue(id, value);
@@ -63,9 +56,9 @@ public class MOAIDConfigurationImpl extends DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl implement
 			
 		}
 		
-		TypedQuery<ConfigProperty> configQuery = em.createQuery("select dbconfig from ConfigProperty dbconfig where dbconfig.key like :key", ConfigProperty.class);
+		TypedQuery<AbstractConfigProperty> configQuery = em.createQuery("select dbconfig from ConfigProperty dbconfig where dbconfig.key like :key", AbstractConfigProperty.class);
 		configQuery.setParameter("key", preFix + "%");
-		List<ConfigProperty> configResult = configQuery.getResultList();
+		List<AbstractConfigProperty> configResult = configQuery.getResultList();
 
 		if (configResult == null || configResult.isEmpty()) {
 			Logger.warn("Found no configuration keys with prefix: " + preFix + ".%");
@@ -101,9 +94,9 @@ public class MOAIDConfigurationImpl extends DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl implement
 			
 		}
 		
-		TypedQuery<ConfigProperty> configQuery = em.createQuery("select dbconfig from ConfigProperty dbconfig where dbconfig.key like :key", ConfigProperty.class);
+		TypedQuery<AbstractConfigProperty> configQuery = em.createQuery("select dbconfig from ConfigProperty dbconfig where dbconfig.key like :key", AbstractConfigProperty.class);
 		configQuery.setParameter("key", searchKey.replace("*", "%"));
-		List<ConfigProperty> configResult = configQuery.getResultList();
+		List<AbstractConfigProperty> configResult = configQuery.getResultList();
 
 		if (configResult == null || configResult.isEmpty()) {
 			Logger.warn("Found no configuration keys with searchKey: " + searchKey);
@@ -134,8 +127,8 @@ public class MOAIDConfigurationImpl extends DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl implement
 				+ ".%."
 				+ MOAIDConfigurationConstants.SERVICE_UNIQUEIDENTIFIER;
 		
-		List<ConfigProperty> oaSearchResult = null;
-		TypedQuery<ConfigProperty> oaSearchQuery = em.createQuery("select dbconfig from ConfigProperty dbconfig where dbconfig.key like :key and dbconfig.value = SUBSTRING(:uniqueID, 1, LENGTH(dbconfig.value))", ConfigProperty.class);
+		List<AbstractConfigProperty> oaSearchResult = null;
+		TypedQuery<AbstractConfigProperty> oaSearchQuery = em.createQuery("select dbconfig from ConfigProperty dbconfig where dbconfig.key like :key and dbconfig.value = SUBSTRING(:uniqueID, 1, LENGTH(dbconfig.value))", AbstractConfigProperty.class);
 		oaSearchQuery.setParameter("key", keyId);
 		oaSearchQuery.setParameter("uniqueID", publicURLPrefix);
 		oaSearchResult = oaSearchQuery.getResultList();
@@ -164,13 +157,13 @@ public class MOAIDConfigurationImpl extends DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl implement
 				+ ".%."
 				+ MOAIDConfigurationConstants.SERVICE_UNIQUEIDENTIFIER;
 		
-		List<ConfigProperty> oaSearchResult = new ArrayList<ConfigProperty>();
+		List<AbstractConfigProperty> oaSearchResult = new ArrayList<AbstractConfigProperty>();
 		
-		TypedQuery<ConfigProperty> oaSearchQuery = em.createQuery("select dbconfig from ConfigProperty dbconfig where dbconfig.key like :key", ConfigProperty.class);
+		TypedQuery<AbstractConfigProperty> oaSearchQuery = em.createQuery("select dbconfig from ConfigProperty dbconfig where dbconfig.key like :key", AbstractConfigProperty.class);
 		oaSearchQuery.setParameter("key", keyId);
-		List<ConfigProperty> intermResult = oaSearchQuery.getResultList();
+		List<AbstractConfigProperty> intermResult = oaSearchQuery.getResultList();
 		if (intermResult != null) {			
-			for (ConfigProperty el : intermResult) {
+			for (AbstractConfigProperty el : intermResult) {
 				if (publicURLPrefix.startsWith(el.getValue()))
 					oaSearchResult.add(el);
 				
@@ -189,10 +182,10 @@ public class MOAIDConfigurationImpl extends DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl implement
 	 * @param removePrefix: Indicates if the prefix should be removed from the result key
 	 * @return the {@link Map} of configuration properties
 	 */
-	private Map<String, String> getKeyValueFromDatabaseDAO(Iterator<ConfigProperty> input, final String prefix, boolean removePrefix) {
+	private Map<String, String> getKeyValueFromDatabaseDAO(Iterator<AbstractConfigProperty> input, final String prefix, boolean removePrefix) {
 		Map<String, String> configProp = new HashMap<String, String>();
 		 while (input.hasNext()) {
-	        ConfigProperty el = input.next();
+			 AbstractConfigProperty el = input.next();
 	        if (removePrefix) {
 	        	if (el.getKey().startsWith(prefix)) {	        	
 	        		String propertyName = KeyValueUtils.removePrefixFromKey(el.getKey(), prefix);	        		
@@ -213,7 +206,7 @@ public class MOAIDConfigurationImpl extends DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl implement
 	 * @param oaSearchResult Search result of first OA selection operation
 	 * @return Map of post-processed OA configuration key/value pairs
 	 */	
-	private Map<String, String> postProcessLoadOnlineApplication(EntityManager em, List<ConfigProperty> oaSearchResult) {		
+	private Map<String, String> postProcessLoadOnlineApplication(EntityManager em, List<AbstractConfigProperty> oaSearchResult) {		
 		if (oaSearchResult == null || oaSearchResult.size() == 0) {
             Logger.debug("No entries found.");
             return null;      }
@@ -231,9 +224,9 @@ public class MOAIDConfigurationImpl extends DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl implement
         String oaType = KeyValueUtils.getFirstChildAfterPrefix(oaIdKey, MOAIDConfigurationConstants.PREFIX_MOAID_SERVICES);
         String oaKey = KeyValueUtils.getPrefixFromKey(oaIdKey, MOAIDConfigurationConstants.SERVICE_UNIQUEIDENTIFIER);
                 
-		TypedQuery<ConfigProperty> oaConfigQuery = em.createQuery("select dbconfig from ConfigProperty dbconfig where dbconfig.key like :key", ConfigProperty.class);
+		TypedQuery<AbstractConfigProperty> oaConfigQuery = em.createQuery("select dbconfig from ConfigProperty dbconfig where dbconfig.key like :key", AbstractConfigProperty.class);
 		oaConfigQuery.setParameter("key", oaKey + ".%");
-		List<ConfigProperty> oaConfigResult = oaConfigQuery.getResultList();
+		List<AbstractConfigProperty> oaConfigResult = oaConfigQuery.getResultList();
 
 		if (oaConfigResult == null) {
 			Logger.warn("Found no configuration keys with prefix: " + oaKey + ".%");
diff --git a/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/db/dao/config/AbstractConfigProperty.java b/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/db/dao/config/AbstractConfigProperty.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d50aa9c6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/db/dao/config/AbstractConfigProperty.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package at.gv.egovernment.moa.id.commons.db.dao.config;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import javax.persistence.Column;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.MappedSuperclass;
+
+@MappedSuperclass
+public abstract class AbstractConfigProperty implements Serializable{
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 */
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+	@Id
+	@Column(name = "propertyKey", unique = true)
+	protected String key;
+
+	public AbstractConfigProperty() {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns the property's value (which might be {@code null}).
+	 * @return The property's value (might be {@code null}).
+	 */
+	abstract public String getValue();
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the property's value.
+	 * @param value The value
+	 */
+	abstract public void setValue(String value);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns the property's key.
+	 * @return The key.
+	 */
+	public String getKey() {
+		return key;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the property's key.
+	 * @param key The key
+	 */
+	public void setKey(String key) {
+		this.key = key;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int hashCode() {
+		final int prime = 31;
+		int result = 1;
+		result = prime * result + ((key == null) ? 0 : key.hashCode());
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+		if (this == obj)
+			return true;
+		if (obj == null)
+			return false;
+		if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
+			return false;
+		ConfigProperty other = (ConfigProperty) obj;
+		if (key == null) {
+			if (other.key != null)
+				return false;
+		} else if (!key.equals(other.key))
+			return false;
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	public String toString() {
+		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+		builder.append(getImpplementationName());
+		builder.append(" [key=");
+		builder.append(getKey());
+		builder.append(", value=");
+		builder.append(getValue());
+		builder.append("]");
+		return builder.toString();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Get a name for this Entity-Implementation for logging purposes
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	abstract protected String getImpplementationName();
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/db/dao/config/ConfigProperty.java b/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/db/dao/config/ConfigProperty.java
index 6e2743b81..07770fdf3 100644
--- a/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/db/dao/config/ConfigProperty.java
+++ b/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/db/dao/config/ConfigProperty.java
@@ -1,95 +1,54 @@
 package at.gv.egovernment.moa.id.commons.db.dao.config;
 
-import java.io.Serializable;
-
 import javax.persistence.Column;
 import javax.persistence.Entity;
-import javax.persistence.Id;
 import javax.persistence.Lob;
 import javax.persistence.Table;
 
+
 /**
- * Reflects a MOAID configuration entry.
+ * Reflects a MOAID configuration entry with String values.
  * 
  */
 @Table(name = "configproperty")
 @Entity
-public class ConfigProperty implements Serializable {
+public class ConfigProperty extends AbstractConfigProperty{
+	
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 */
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-	@Id
-	@Column(name = "propertyKey", unique = true)
-	private String key;
-
 	@Lob
 	@Column(name = "propertyValue")
 	private String value;
 
-	/**
-	 * Returns the property's key.
-	 * @return The key.
-	 */
-	public String getKey() {
-		return key;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Sets the property's key.
-	 * @param key The key
-	 */
-	public void setKey(String key) {
-		this.key = key;
-	}
-
+	
+	
 	/**
 	 * Returns the property's value (which might be {@code null}).
 	 * @return The property's value (might be {@code null}).
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public String getValue() {
 		return value;
+
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Sets the property's value.
 	 * @param value The value
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public void setValue(String value) {
 		this.value = value;
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public int hashCode() {
-		final int prime = 31;
-		int result = 1;
-		result = prime * result + ((key == null) ? 0 : key.hashCode());
-		return result;
+	protected String getImpplementationName() {
+		return this.getClass().getName();
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
-		if (this == obj)
-			return true;
-		if (obj == null)
-			return false;
-		if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
-			return false;
-		ConfigProperty other = (ConfigProperty) obj;
-		if (key == null) {
-			if (other.key != null)
-				return false;
-		} else if (!key.equals(other.key))
-			return false;
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public String toString() {
-		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
-		builder.append("ConfigProperty [key=");
-		builder.append(key);
-		builder.append(", value=");
-		builder.append(value);
-		builder.append("]");
-		return builder.toString();
-	}
 }
diff --git a/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/db/dao/config/ConfigPropertyByteValues.java b/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/db/dao/config/ConfigPropertyByteValues.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51f7e4da6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/db/dao/config/ConfigPropertyByteValues.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package at.gv.egovernment.moa.id.commons.db.dao.config;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+
+import javax.persistence.Column;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Lob;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+
+import at.gv.egovernment.moa.logging.Logger;
+
+
+/**
+ * Reflects a MOAID configuration entry with String values.
+ * 
+ */
+@Table(name = "configpropertybytes")
+@Entity
+public class ConfigPropertyByteValues extends AbstractConfigProperty{
+	
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 */
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+
+	@Lob
+	@Column(name = "propertyValueBytes")
+	private byte[] value = null;
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns the property's value (which might be {@code null}).
+	 * @return The property's value (might be {@code null}).
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String getValue() {
+		try {
+			if (value != null)
+				return new String(value, "UTF-8");
+			
+		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+			Logger.error("Internal DB read error! Can not read values from configuration DB.", e);
+			
+		}
+		
+		return null;
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the property's value.
+	 * @param value The value
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void setValue(String value) {
+		try {
+			this.value = value.getBytes("UTF-8");
+			
+		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+			Logger.error("Internal DB write error! Can not read write to configuration DB.", e);
+			
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected String getImpplementationName() {
+		return this.getClass().getName();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/db/dao/config/DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl.java b/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/db/dao/config/DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl.java
index aad830d65..213d1a860 100644
--- a/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/db/dao/config/DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl.java
+++ b/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/db/dao/config/DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl.java
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import javax.persistence.TypedQuery;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 
@@ -32,6 +34,9 @@ public class DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl extends AbstractConfigurationImpl {
 	@PersistenceContext(unitName = "config")
 	private EntityManager em;
 	
+	@Autowired(required=true)
+	private ApplicationContext appContext;
+	
 	/**
 	 * 
 	 * @return EntityManager for database access
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ public class DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl extends AbstractConfigurationImpl {
 	 */
 	@Override
 	protected String getValue(String key) throws ConfigurationException {
-		ConfigProperty property = getProperty(key);
+		AbstractConfigProperty property = getProperty(key);
 		if (property == null)
 			return null;
 			
@@ -74,7 +79,7 @@ public class DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl extends AbstractConfigurationImpl {
 	 */
 	@Override
 	protected boolean containsKey(String key) throws ConfigurationException {
-		ConfigProperty property = getProperty(key);
+		AbstractConfigProperty property = getProperty(key);
 		if (property == null)
 			return false;
 		else
@@ -93,7 +98,7 @@ public class DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl extends AbstractConfigurationImpl {
 			throw new ConfigurationException("No EntityManager set!");
 			
 		}
-		ConfigProperty property = new ConfigProperty();
+		AbstractConfigProperty property = appContext.getBean(AbstractConfigProperty.class);
 		property.setKey(key);
 		property.setValue(value);		
 		log.debug("Storing '{}'.", property.toString());
@@ -104,7 +109,7 @@ public class DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl extends AbstractConfigurationImpl {
 	
 	protected void deleteKey(String key) {
 		log.debug("Deleting entry with key '{}'.", key);
-		ConfigProperty el = em.find(ConfigProperty.class, key);
+		AbstractConfigProperty el = em.find(AbstractConfigProperty.class, key);
 		if (el != null)
 			em.remove(el);
 			
@@ -141,8 +146,8 @@ public class DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl extends AbstractConfigurationImpl {
 			throw new ConfigurationException("No EntityManager set!");
 		}
 		
-		TypedQuery<ConfigProperty> query = em.createQuery("select * from ConfigProperty dbconfig", ConfigProperty.class);
-		List<ConfigProperty> all = query.getResultList();
+		TypedQuery<AbstractConfigProperty> query = em.createQuery("select * from ConfigProperty dbconfig", AbstractConfigProperty.class);
+		List<AbstractConfigProperty> all = query.getResultList();
 		
 		searchString = searchString.replace(".", "\\.");
 		String regex = searchString.replace("*", ".*");
@@ -151,11 +156,11 @@ public class DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl extends AbstractConfigurationImpl {
 		Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);
 		
 		List<String> keyList = new ArrayList<String>();	
-		Iterator<ConfigProperty> keyIt;
+		Iterator<AbstractConfigProperty> keyIt;
 		if (all != null) {
 			keyIt = all.iterator();
 			while(keyIt.hasNext()) {
-				ConfigProperty entry = keyIt.next();
+				AbstractConfigProperty entry = keyIt.next();
 				String value = entry.getValue();
 				String key = entry.getKey();
 				
@@ -188,9 +193,9 @@ public class DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl extends AbstractConfigurationImpl {
 	}
 	
 	
-	private ConfigProperty getProperty(String key) {
+	private AbstractConfigProperty getProperty(String key) {
 		log.trace("Looking for configuration property for key '{}'.", key);
-		ConfigProperty result = em.find(ConfigProperty.class, key);
+		AbstractConfigProperty result = em.find(AbstractConfigProperty.class, key);
 		if (result != null) {
 			log.trace("Found configuration property {}.", result);
 		} else {
@@ -212,32 +217,4 @@ public class DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl extends AbstractConfigurationImpl {
 		}
 	}
 	
-//	@Override
-//	public String getPropertyValue(String key) {
-//		ConfigProperty property = getProperty(key);
-//		if (property == null) {
-//			return null;
-//		}
-//		return property.getValue();
-//	}
-//
-//	@Override
-//	public List<ConfigProperty> getProperties() {
-//
-//		if (null == em) {
-//			log.error("No EntityManager set!");
-//			return null;
-//		}
-//
-//		log.debug("Retrieving all properties from database.");
-//		TypedQuery<ConfigProperty> query = em.createQuery("select mc from ConfigProperty mc", ConfigProperty.class);
-//		try {
-//			List<ConfigProperty> propertiesList = query.getResultList();
-//			return propertiesList;
-//		} catch (NoResultException e) {
-//			log.debug("No property found in database.");
-//			return null;
-//		}
-//	}
-	
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/db/dao/session/AuthenticatedSessionStore.java b/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/db/dao/session/AuthenticatedSessionStore.java
index eeaf03544..7cb921ee7 100644
--- a/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/db/dao/session/AuthenticatedSessionStore.java
+++ b/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/java/at/gv/egovernment/moa/id/commons/db/dao/session/AuthenticatedSessionStore.java
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ public class AuthenticatedSessionStore implements Serializable{
 	@Column(name = "pendingRequestID", nullable=true)
 	private String pendingRequestID =  "";
 	
-	@Column(name = "additionalInformation", nullable=true)
+	@Column(name = "additionalInformationBytes", nullable=true)
 	@Lob
-	private String additionalInformation;
+	private byte[] additionalInformation;
 	
 	@Column(name = "created", updatable=false, nullable=false)
     @Temporal(TemporalType.TIMESTAMP)
@@ -349,14 +349,14 @@ public class AuthenticatedSessionStore implements Serializable{
 	/**
 	 * @return the additionalInformation
 	 */
-	public String getAdditionalInformation() {
+	public byte[] getAdditionalInformation() {
 		return additionalInformation;
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * @param additionalInformation the additionalInformation to set
 	 */
-	public void setAdditionalInformation(String additionalInformation) {
+	public void setAdditionalInformation(byte[] additionalInformation) {
 		this.additionalInformation = additionalInformation;
 	}
 	
diff --git a/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/resources/configuration.beans.xml b/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/resources/configuration.beans.xml
index b97b1c88b..1251cf406 100644
--- a/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/resources/configuration.beans.xml
+++ b/id/server/moa-id-commons/src/main/resources/configuration.beans.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.0.xsd">
 
 	<context:annotation-config />
+	<beans profile="!byteBasedConfig">
+		<bean id="StringBasedConfigProperty" 
+			  class="at.gv.egovernment.moa.id.commons.db.dao.config.ConfigProperty"/>
+	</beans>
+
+	<beans profile="byteBasedConfig">
+		<bean id="ByteBasedConfigProperty" 
+	  		  class="at.gv.egovernment.moa.id.commons.db.dao.config.ConfigPropertyByteValues"
+	  	/>
+	</beans>
 	
 	<bean id="configPropertyDao" 
 				class="at.gv.egovernment.moa.id.commons.db.dao.config.DatabaseConfigPropertyImpl"/>