Bug 271: Adpation auf neue Struktur des Konfigurationsfiles abgeschlossen. Noch ungetestet.

git-svn-id: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/svn/moa-idspss/trunk@414 d688527b-c9ab-4aba-bd8d-4036d912da1d

16 files changed, 977 insertions, 760 deletions

diff --git a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/config/CRLDistributionPoint.java b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/config/CRLDistributionPoint.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd78012ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/config/CRLDistributionPoint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+package at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.config;
+
+import iaik.pki.revocation.RevocationSourceTypes;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
+
+import at.gv.egovernment.moa.logging.LogMsg;
+import at.gv.egovernment.moa.logging.Logger;
+
+import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.util.MessageProvider;
+
+/**
+ * A class representing a CRL distribution point.
+ * 
+ * @author Sven Aigner
+ * @author Patrick Peck
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public class CRLDistributionPoint 
+  extends DistributionPoint 
+  implements iaik.pki.revocation.CRLDistributionPoint
+{
+
+  private static Map RC_MAPPING = new HashMap();
+
+  static {
+
+    // create the mapping between reason code strings and their integer values
+    RC_MAPPING.put(
+      "unused",
+      new Integer(iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.unused));
+    RC_MAPPING.put(
+      "keyCompromise",
+      new Integer(iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.keyCompromise));
+    RC_MAPPING.put(
+      "cACompromise",
+      new Integer(iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.cACompromise));
+    RC_MAPPING.put(
+      "affiliationChanged",
+      new Integer(iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.affiliationChanged));
+    RC_MAPPING.put(
+      "superseded",
+      new Integer(iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.superseded));
+    RC_MAPPING.put(
+      "cessationOfOperation",
+      new Integer(iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.cessationOfOperation));
+    RC_MAPPING.put(
+      "certificateHold",
+      new Integer(iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.certificateHold));
+    RC_MAPPING.put(
+      "privilegeWithdrawn",
+      new Integer(iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.privilegeWithdrawn));
+    RC_MAPPING.put(
+      "aACompromise",
+      new Integer(iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.aACompromise));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The name of the CA issuing the CRL referred to by this DP.
+   */
+  private String issuerName_;
+  
+  /** 
+   * The reason codes applicable for the distribution point. 
+   */
+  private int reasonCodes;
+
+  /**
+   * Create a <code>CRLDistributionPoint</code>.
+   * 
+   * @param issuerName The name of the CA issuing the CRL referred to by this DP.
+   * 
+   * @param uri The URI of the distribution point.
+   * 
+   * @param reasonCodeStr A list of reason codes (a space-separated enumeration).
+   */
+  public CRLDistributionPoint(String issuerName, String uri, String reasonCodeStr) 
+  {
+    super(uri);
+    issuerName_ = issuerName;
+    this.reasonCodes = extractReasonCodes(reasonCodeStr);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @see DistributionPoint#getType()
+   */
+  public String getType()
+  {
+    return RevocationSourceTypes.CRL;
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Convert a list of reason codes provided as a <code>String</code> to a
+   * binary representation.
+   * 
+   * @param reasonCodeStr A <code>String</code> containing a blank-separated,
+   * textual representation of reason codes.
+   * @return int A binary representation of reason codes.
+   * @see iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint
+   */
+  private int extractReasonCodes(String reasonCodeStr) {
+    int codes = 0;
+    StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reasonCodeStr);
+    String token;
+    Integer reasonCode;
+
+    while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
+      token = tokenizer.nextToken();
+      reasonCode = (Integer) RC_MAPPING.get(token);
+      if (reasonCode != null) {
+        codes |= reasonCode.intValue();
+      } else {
+        MessageProvider msg = MessageProvider.getInstance();
+        Logger.warn(
+          new LogMsg(msg.getMessage("config.07", new Object[] { token })));
+      }
+    }
+
+    // If reasonCodeStr is empty, set all possible reason codes
+    if (codes == 0) codes = 
+      iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.unused |
+      iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.keyCompromise |
+      iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.cACompromise |
+      iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.affiliationChanged |
+      iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.superseded |
+      iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.cessationOfOperation |
+      iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.certificateHold |
+      iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.privilegeWithdrawn |
+      iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.aACompromise;
+    
+    return codes;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return a binary representation of the reason codes of this distribution
+   * point.
+   * 
+   * @return The binary representation of the reason codes.
+   */
+  public int getReasonCodes() {
+    return reasonCodes;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return a <code>String</code> representation of this distribution point.
+   * 
+   * @return The <code>String</code> representation of this distribution point.
+   * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
+   */
+  public String toString() {
+    return "(DistributionPoint - "
+      + ("URI<" + getUri())
+      + ("> REASONCODES<" + getReasonCodes() + ">)");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @see iaik.pki.revocation.CRLDistributionPoint#getIssuerName()
+   */
+  public String getIssuerName()
+  {
+    return issuerName_;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/config/ConfigurationPartsBuilder.java b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/config/ConfigurationPartsBuilder.java
index 96a90980d..b5bb461d1 100644
--- a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/config/ConfigurationPartsBuilder.java
+++ b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/config/ConfigurationPartsBuilder.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 import iaik.ixsil.exceptions.URIException;
 import iaik.ixsil.util.URI;
 import iaik.pki.pathvalidation.ChainingModes;
+import iaik.pki.revocation.RevocationSourceTypes;
 import iaik.utils.RFC2253NameParser;
 import iaik.utils.RFC2253NameParserException;
 
@@ -65,52 +66,130 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
   //
 
   private static final String ROOT = "/" + CONF + "MOAConfiguration/";
+  
   private static final String DIGEST_METHOD_XPATH =
-    ROOT + CONF + "DigestMethodAlgorithm/@name";
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureCreation/" 
+    + CONF + "XMLDSIG/" 
+    + CONF + "DigestMethodAlgorithm";
   private static final String C14N_ALGORITHM_XPATH =
-    ROOT + CONF + "CanonicalizationAlgorithm/@name";
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureCreation/" 
+    + CONF + "XMLDSIG/" 
+    + CONF + "CanonicalizationAlgorithm";
   private static final String HARDWARE_CRYPTO_MODULE_XPATH =
     ROOT + CONF + "HardwareCryptoModule";
   private static final String HARDWARE_KEY_XPATH =
-    ROOT + CONF + "HardwareKeyModule";
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureCreation/" 
+    + CONF + "KeyModules/" 
+    + CONF + "HardwareKeyModule";
   private static final String SOFTWARE_KEY_XPATH =
-    ROOT + CONF + "SoftwareKeyModule";
-  private static final String KEYGROUP_XPATH = ROOT + CONF + "KeyGroup";
-  private static final String KEY_XPATH = CONF + "Key";
-  private static final String KEY_MODULE_ID_XPATH = CONF + "KeyModuleID";
-  private static final String KEY_CERT_XPATH = CONF + "KeyCertIssuerSerial";
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureCreation/" 
+    + CONF + "KeyModules/" 
+    + CONF + "SoftwareKeyModule";
+  private static final String KEYGROUP_XPATH = 
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureCreation/" 
+    + CONF + "KeyGroup";
   private static final String KEYGROUP_MAPPING_XPATH =
-    ROOT + CONF + "KeyGroupMapping";
-  private static final String KEYGROUP_MAPPING_KEYGROUP_XPATH =
-    CONF + "KeyGroup";
-  private static final String ISSUER_SERIAL_XPATH = CONF + "X509IssuerSerial";
-  private static final String ISSUER_XPATH = DSIG + "X509IssuerName";
-  private static final String SERIAL_XPATH = DSIG + "X509SerialNumber";
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureCreation/" 
+    + CONF + "KeyGroupMapping";
+  private static final String ISSUER_XPATH = 
+    DSIG + "X509IssuerName";
+  private static final String SERIAL_XPATH = 
+    DSIG + "X509SerialNumber";
+  private static final String CERTSTORE_LOCATION_XPATH =
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureVerification/" 
+    + CONF + "CertificateValidation/"
+    + CONF + "PathConstruction/"
+    + CONF + "CertificateStore"
+    + CONF + "DirectoryStore"
+    + CONF + "Location";
+  private static final String AUTO_ADD_CERTIFICATES_XPATH_ = 
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureVerification/" 
+    + CONF + "CertificateValidation/"
+    + CONF + "PathConstruction/"
+    + CONF + "AutoAddCertificates";
+  private static final String USE_AUTHORITY_INFO_ACCESS_XPATH_ =
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureVerification/" 
+    + CONF + "CertificateValidation/"
+    + CONF + "PathConstruction/"
+    + CONF + "UseAuthorityInformationAccess";
   private static final String CHAINING_MODES_XPATH =
-    ROOT + CONF + "ChainingModes";
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureVerification/" 
+    + CONF + "CertificateValidation/"
+    + CONF + "PathValidation/"
+    + CONF + "ChainingMode";
   private static final String CHAINING_MODES_DEFAULT_XPATH =
-    CHAINING_MODES_XPATH + "/@systemDefaultMode";
+    CHAINING_MODES_XPATH 
+    + CONF + "/DefaultMode";
   private static final String TRUST_ANCHOR_XPATH =
-    ROOT + CONF + "ChainingModes/" + CONF + "TrustAnchor";
-  private static final String CRL_DISTRIBUTION_POINT_XPATH =
-    ROOT + CONF + "CRLDistributionPoint";
-  private static final String CA_ISSUER_DN_XPATH = CONF + "CAIssuerDN";
-  private static final String DISTRIBUTION_POINT_XPATH =
-    CONF + "DistributionPoint";
-  private static final String CRL_ARCHIVE_XPATH = ROOT + CONF + "CRLArchive";
-  private static final String GENERIC_CONFIGURATION_XPATH =
-    ROOT + CONF + "GenericConfiguration";
+    CHAINING_MODES_XPATH
+    + CONF + "TrustAnchor";
+  private static final String TRUST_PROFILE_XPATH =
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureVerification/" 
+    + CONF + "CertificateValidation/"
+    + CONF + "PathValidation/"
+    + CONF + "TrustProfile";
+  private static final String DISTRIBUTION_POINTS_XPATH =
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureVerification/" 
+    + CONF + "CertificateValidation/"
+    + CONF + "RevocationChecking/"
+    + CONF + "DistributionPoints";
+  private static final String ENABLE_REVOCATION_CHECKING_XPATH_ = 
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureVerification/" 
+    + CONF + "CertificateValidation/"
+    + CONF + "RevocationChecking/"
+    + CONF + "EnableChecking";
+  private static final String MAX_REVOCATION_AGE_XPATH_ =
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureVerification/" 
+    + CONF + "CertificateValidation/"
+    + CONF + "RevocationChecking/"
+    + CONF + "MaxRevocationAge";
+  private static final String REVOCATION_SERVICEORDER_XPATH_ = 
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureVerification/" 
+    + CONF + "CertificateValidation/"
+    + CONF + "RevocationChecking/"
+    + CONF + "ServiceOrder" 
+    + CONF + "Service";
+  private static final String ENABLE_ARCHIVING_XPATH = 
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureVerification/" 
+    + CONF + "CertificateValidation/"
+    + CONF + "RevocationChecking/"
+    + CONF + "Archiving/"
+    + CONF + "EnableArchiving";
+  private static final String CRL_ARCHIVE_DURATION_XPATH = 
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureVerification/" 
+    + CONF + "CertificateValidation/"
+    + CONF + "RevocationChecking/"
+    + CONF + "Archiving/"
+    + CONF + "ArchiveDuration";
+  private static final String ACHIVE_JDBC_URL_ = 
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureVerification/" 
+    + CONF + "CertificateValidation/"
+    + CONF + "RevocationChecking/"
+    + CONF + "Archiving/"
+    + CONF + "Archive/"
+    + CONF + "DatabaseArchive"
+    + CONF + "JDBCURL";
+  private static final String ACHIVE_JDBC_DRIVER_CLASS_ = 
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureVerification/" 
+    + CONF + "CertificateValidation/"
+    + CONF + "RevocationChecking/"
+    + CONF + "Archiving/"
+    + CONF + "Archive/"
+    + CONF + "DatabaseArchive"
+    + CONF + "JDBCDriverClassName";
   private static final String CREATE_TRANSFORMS_INFO_PROFILE_XPATH =
-    ROOT + CONF + "CreateTransformsInfoProfile";
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureCreation/" 
+    + CONF + "CreateTransformsInfoProfile";
   private static final String CREATE_SIGNATURE_ENVIRONMENT_PROFILE_XPATH =
-    ROOT + CONF + "CreateSignatureEnvironmentProfile";
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureCreation/" 
+    + CONF + "CreateSignatureEnvironmentProfile";
   private static final String VERIFY_TRANSFORMS_INFO_PROFILE_XPATH =
-    ROOT + CONF + "VerifyTransformsInfoProfile";
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureVerification/" 
+    + CONF + "VerifyTransformsInfoProfile";
   private static final String SUPPLEMENT_PROFILE_XPATH =
-    ROOT + CONF + "SupplementProfile";
-  private static final String TRUST_PROFILE_XPATH =
-    ROOT + CONF + "TrustProfile";
-
+    ROOT + CONF + "SignatureVerification/" 
+    + CONF + "SupplementProfile";
+  
   //
   // default values for configuration parameters 
   //
@@ -143,6 +222,11 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
 
   /** The root element of the MOA configuration */
   private Element configElem;
+  
+  /**
+   * The directory containing the underlying configuration file.
+   */
+  private File configRoot_;
 
   /** Whether any warnings were encountered building the configuration. */
   private List warnings = new ArrayList();
@@ -151,9 +235,13 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
    * Create a new <code>ConfigurationPartsBuilder</code>.
    * 
    * @param configElem The root element of the MOA configuration.
+   * 
+   * @param configRoot The directory containing the underlying configuration file.
    */
-  public ConfigurationPartsBuilder(Element configElem) {
+  public ConfigurationPartsBuilder(Element configElem, File configRoot)
+  {
     this.configElem = configElem;
+    configRoot_ = configRoot;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -164,6 +252,16 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
   public Element getConfigElem() {
     return configElem;
   }
+  
+  /** 
+   * Returns the directory containing the underlying configuration file.
+   * 
+   * @return the directory containing the underlying configuration file.
+   */
+  public File getConfigRoot()
+  {
+    return configRoot_;
+  }
 
   /**
    * Returns the warnings encountered during building the configuration.
@@ -180,12 +278,12 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
    * 
    * @return The digest method algorithm name from the configuration.
    */
-  public String getDigestMethodAlgorithmName() {
-    String digestMethod =
-      getAttributeValue(getConfigElem(), DIGEST_METHOD_XPATH, null);
+  public String getDigestMethodAlgorithmName() 
+  {
+    String digestMethod = getElementValue(getConfigElem(), DIGEST_METHOD_XPATH, null);
 
-    if (digestMethod == null
-      || !ACCEPTED_DIGEST_ALGORITHMS.contains(digestMethod)) {
+    if (digestMethod == null || !ACCEPTED_DIGEST_ALGORITHMS.contains(digestMethod))
+    {
       warn(
         "config.23",
         new Object[] { "DigestMethodAlgorithm", DIGEST_ALGORITHM_DEFAULT });
@@ -200,12 +298,12 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
    * 
    * @return The canonicalization algorithm name from the configuration.
    */
-  public String getCanonicalizationAlgorithmName() {
-    String c14nAlgorithm =
-      getAttributeValue(getConfigElem(), C14N_ALGORITHM_XPATH, null);
+  public String getCanonicalizationAlgorithmName() 
+  {
+    String c14nAlgorithm = getElementValue(getConfigElem(), C14N_ALGORITHM_XPATH, null);
 
-    if (c14nAlgorithm == null
-      || !ACCEPTED_C14N_ALGORITHMS.contains(c14nAlgorithm)) {
+    if (c14nAlgorithm == null || !ACCEPTED_C14N_ALGORITHMS.contains(c14nAlgorithm)) 
+    {
       warn(
         "config.23",
         new Object[] { "CanonicalizationAlgorithm", C14N_ALGORITHM_DEFAULT });
@@ -216,52 +314,23 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Build the mapping of generic configuration properties.
-   * 
-   * @return The mapping of generic configuration properties (a name to value
-   * mapping) from the configuration.
-   */
-  public Map buildGenericConfiguration() {
-    Map genericConfiguration = new HashMap();
-    NodeIterator gcIter =
-      XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(
-        getConfigElem(),
-        GENERIC_CONFIGURATION_XPATH);
-    Element gcElem;
-
-    while ((gcElem = (Element) gcIter.nextNode()) != null) {
-      String gcName = gcElem.getAttribute("name");
-      String gcValue = gcElem.getAttribute("value");
-
-      if (genericConfiguration.containsKey(gcName)) {
-        warn("config.24", new Object[] { gcName });
-      } else {
-        genericConfiguration.put(gcName, gcValue);
-      }
-    }
-
-    return genericConfiguration;
-  }
-
-  /**
    * Build the configured hardware crypto modules.
    * 
    * @return The hardware crypto modules from the configuration.
    */
-  public List buildHardwareCryptoModules() {
+  public List buildHardwareCryptoModules() 
+  {
     List modules = new ArrayList();
-    NodeIterator modIter =
-      XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(
-        getConfigElem(),
-        HARDWARE_CRYPTO_MODULE_XPATH);
-    Element modElem;
+    NodeIterator modIter = XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(
+      getConfigElem(),
+      HARDWARE_CRYPTO_MODULE_XPATH);
 
+    Element modElem;
     while ((modElem = (Element) modIter.nextNode()) != null) {
-      String name = modElem.getAttribute("name");
-      String slotID = modElem.getAttribute("slotID");
-      String userPIN = modElem.getAttribute("userPIN");
-      HardwareCryptoModule module =
-        new HardwareCryptoModule(name, slotID, userPIN);
+      String name = getElementValue(modElem, CONF + "Name", null);
+      String slotId = getElementValue(modElem, CONF + "SlotId", null);
+      String userPIN = getElementValue(modElem, CONF + "UserPIN", null);
+      HardwareCryptoModule module = new HardwareCryptoModule(name, slotId, userPIN);
       modules.add(module);
     }
 
@@ -275,25 +344,30 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
    * prevent multiple key modules with the same ID.
    * @return The hardware keys contained in the configuration.
    */
-  public List buildHardwareKeyModules(List keyModules) {
+  public List buildHardwareKeyModules(List keyModules) 
+  {
     Set existingIds = toIdSet(keyModules);
     List hardwareKeys = new ArrayList();
     NodeIterator hkIter =
       XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(getConfigElem(), HARDWARE_KEY_XPATH);
     Element keyElem;
 
-    while ((keyElem = (Element) hkIter.nextNode()) != null) {
-      String id = keyElem.getAttribute("id");
-      String name = keyElem.getAttribute("name");
-      String slotID = keyElem.getAttribute("slotID");
-      String userPIN = keyElem.getAttribute("userPIN");
+    while ((keyElem = (Element) hkIter.nextNode()) != null) 
+    {
+      String id = getElementValue(keyElem, CONF + "Id", null);
+      String name = getElementValue(keyElem, CONF + "Name", null);
+      String slotId = getElementValue(keyElem, CONF + "SlotId", null);
+      String userPIN = getElementValue(keyElem, CONF + "UserPIN", null);
 
-      if (existingIds.contains(id)) {
+      if (existingIds.contains(id)) 
+      {
         warn(
           "config.04",
           new Object[] { "Hardware- oder SoftwareKeyModule", id });
-      } else {
-        KeyModule key = new HardwareKeyModule(id, name, slotID, userPIN);
+      } 
+      else
+      {
+        KeyModule key = new HardwareKeyModule(id, name, slotId, userPIN);
         hardwareKeys.add(key);
         existingIds.add(id);
       }
@@ -307,36 +381,39 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
    * Build the configured software keys.
    * 
    * @param The keyModules that the configuration already knows about. To 
-   * prevent multiple key modules with the same ID.
-   * @param configRoot The directory containing the main configuration file.
-   * Used to resolve keystore files configured using a relative URI.
+   *        prevent multiple key modules with the same ID.
+   *
    * @return The software keys contained in the configuration.
    */
-  public List buildSoftwareKeyModules(List keyModules, File configRoot) {
+  public List buildSoftwareKeyModules(List keyModules) 
+  {
     Set existingIds = toIdSet(keyModules);
     List softwareKeys = new ArrayList();
     NodeIterator skIter =
       XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(getConfigElem(), SOFTWARE_KEY_XPATH);
 
     Element keyElem;
+    while ((keyElem = (Element) skIter.nextNode()) != null)
+    {
+      String id = getElementValue(keyElem, CONF + "Id", null);
+      String fileName = getElementValue(keyElem, CONF + "Filename", null);
+      String passWord = getElementValue(keyElem, CONF + "Password", null);
 
-    while ((keyElem = (Element) skIter.nextNode()) != null) {
-      String id = keyElem.getAttribute("id");
-      String fileName = keyElem.getAttribute("filename");
-      String passWord = keyElem.getAttribute("password");
-
-      if (existingIds.contains(id)) {
+      if (existingIds.contains(id)) 
+      {
         warn(
           "config.04",
           new Object[] { "Hardware- oder SoftwareKeyModule", id });
-      } else {
+      } 
+      else
+      {
         File keyFile;
         KeyModule key;
 
         // make keyFile absolute
         keyFile = new File(fileName);
         if (!keyFile.isAbsolute()) {
-          keyFile = new File(configRoot, fileName);
+          keyFile = new File(configRoot_, fileName);
         }
 
         // check for existence
@@ -349,7 +426,6 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
           existingIds.add(id);
         }
       }
-
     }
 
     return softwareKeys;
@@ -362,7 +438,8 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
    * knows about. Used to check for errors in the configuration.
    * @return The mapping between key group IDs and key groups.
    */
-  public Map buildKeyGroups(List keyModules) {
+  public Map buildKeyGroups(List keyModules) 
+  {
     Set keyModuleIds = toIdSet(keyModules);
     Map keyGroups = new HashMap();
     NodeIterator kgIter;
@@ -370,15 +447,19 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
 
     // select all KeyGroup elements and build the KeyGroup objects from them
     kgIter = XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(getConfigElem(), KEYGROUP_XPATH);
-    while ((keyGroupElem = (Element) kgIter.nextNode()) != null) {
-      String keyGroupId = keyGroupElem.getAttribute("id");
+    while ((keyGroupElem = (Element) kgIter.nextNode()) != null) 
+    {
+      String keyGroupId = getElementValue(keyGroupElem, CONF + "Id", null);
       Set keyGroupEntries =
         buildKeyGroupEntries(keyGroupId, keyModuleIds, keyGroupElem);
       KeyGroup keyGroup = new KeyGroup(keyGroupId, keyGroupEntries);
 
-      if (keyGroups.containsKey(keyGroupId)) {
+      if (keyGroups.containsKey(keyGroupId)) 
+      {
         warn("config.04", new Object[] { "KeyGroup", keyGroupId });
-      } else {
+      } 
+      else
+      {
         keyGroups.put(keyGroup.getId(), keyGroup);
       }
     }
@@ -425,12 +506,11 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
     Element keyEntryElem;
 
     // select all Key elements and put them into the Map
-    keyEntryIter = XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(keyGroupElem, KEY_XPATH);
-    while ((keyEntryElem = (Element) keyEntryIter.nextNode()) != null) {
-      String keyModuleId =
-        getElementValue(keyEntryElem, KEY_MODULE_ID_XPATH, "");
-      Element keyCertElem =
-        (Element) XPathUtils.selectSingleNode(keyEntryElem, KEY_CERT_XPATH);
+    keyEntryIter = XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(keyGroupElem, CONF + "Key");
+    while ((keyEntryElem = (Element) keyEntryIter.nextNode()) != null) 
+    {
+      String keyModuleId = getElementValue(keyEntryElem, CONF + "KeyModuleId", "");
+      Element keyCertElem = (Element) XPathUtils.selectSingleNode(keyEntryElem, CONF + "KeyCertIsuerSerial");
       IssuerAndSerial issuerSerial = buildIssuerAndSerial(keyCertElem);
 
       if (!keyModuleIds.contains(keyModuleId)) {
@@ -461,15 +541,18 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
       XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(getConfigElem(), KEYGROUP_MAPPING_XPATH);
 
     // build the mapping for each KeyGroupMapping element
-    while ((mappingElem = (Element) mappingIter.nextNode()) != null) {
-      Element issuerSerialElem =
-        (Element) XPathUtils.selectSingleNode(mappingElem, ISSUER_SERIAL_XPATH);
-      IssuerAndSerial issuerAndSerial;
+    while ((mappingElem = (Element) mappingIter.nextNode()) != null) 
+    {
+      Element issuerSerialElem = (Element) XPathUtils.selectSingleNode(mappingElem, CONF + "CustomerId");
 
       // build the IssuerAndSerial who has access to the key groups
-      if (issuerSerialElem != null) {
+      IssuerAndSerial issuerAndSerial;
+      if (issuerSerialElem != null) 
+      {
         issuerAndSerial = buildIssuerAndSerial(issuerSerialElem);
-      } else {
+      } 
+      else
+      {
         // IssuerSerial element: the keygroup is generally available
         issuerAndSerial = anonymous;
       }
@@ -480,24 +563,25 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
         NodeIterator keyGroupIter;
         Element keyGroupElem;
 
-        if (groups == null) {
+        if (groups == null) 
+        {
           // no mapping exist -> build one
           groups = new HashMap();
           mappings.put(issuerAndSerial, groups);
         }
 
         // select the available key groups and add them to the mapping
-        keyGroupIter =
-          XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(
-            mappingElem,
-            KEYGROUP_MAPPING_KEYGROUP_XPATH);
-        while ((keyGroupElem = (Element) keyGroupIter.nextNode()) != null) {
-          String keyGroupId = keyGroupElem.getAttribute("id");
+        keyGroupIter = XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(mappingElem, CONF + "KeyGroupId");
+        while ((keyGroupElem = (Element) keyGroupIter.nextNode()) != null) 
+        {
+          String keyGroupId = getElementValue(keyGroupElem, ".", null);
           KeyGroup keyGroup = (KeyGroup) keyGroups.get(keyGroupId);
 
-          if (keyGroup != null) {
+          if (keyGroup != null) 
+          {
             groups.put(keyGroupId, keyGroup);
-          } else {
+          } else
+          {
             warn("config.00", new Object[] { keyGroupId });
           }
         }
@@ -512,12 +596,12 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
    * 
    * @return The default chaining mode.
    */
-  public String getDefaultChainingMode() {
-    String defaultChaining =
-      getAttributeValue(
-        getConfigElem(),
-        CHAINING_MODES_DEFAULT_XPATH,
-        CM_CHAINING);
+  public String getDefaultChainingMode() 
+  {
+    String defaultChaining = getElementValue(
+      getConfigElem(),
+      CHAINING_MODES_DEFAULT_XPATH,
+      CM_CHAINING);
 
     return translateChainingMode(defaultChaining);
 
@@ -528,17 +612,20 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
    * 
    * @return The mapping from trust anchors to chaining modes.
    */
-  public Map buildChainingModes() {
+  public Map buildChainingModes()
+  {
     Map chainingModes = new HashMap();
-    NodeIterator trustIter =
-      XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(getConfigElem(), TRUST_ANCHOR_XPATH);
-    Element trustAnchorElem;
+    NodeIterator trustIter = XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(getConfigElem(), TRUST_ANCHOR_XPATH);
 
-    while ((trustAnchorElem = (Element) trustIter.nextNode()) != null) {
-      IssuerAndSerial issuerAndSerial = buildIssuerAndSerial(trustAnchorElem);
-      String mode = trustAnchorElem.getAttribute("mode");
+    Element trustAnchorElem;
+    while ((trustAnchorElem = (Element) trustIter.nextNode()) != null) 
+    {
+      IssuerAndSerial issuerAndSerial = buildIssuerAndSerial(
+        (Element)XPathUtils.selectSingleNode(trustAnchorElem, CONF + "Identification"));
+      String mode = getElementValue(trustAnchorElem, CONF + "Mode", null);
 
-      if (issuerAndSerial != null) {
+      if (issuerAndSerial != null) 
+      {
         chainingModes.put(issuerAndSerial, translateChainingMode(mode));
       }
     }
@@ -595,89 +682,111 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Build the CRL distribution points mapping.
+   * Build the distribution points mapping.
    * 
    * @return The mapping from certificate authorities to distribution points.
    */
-  public Map buildCRLDistributionPoints() {
-    Map crlDps = new HashMap();
-    NodeIterator crlDpIter;
-    Element crlDpElem;
+  public Map buildDistributionPoints()
+  {
+    Map dPs = new HashMap();
+    NodeIterator dPIter;
+    Element dPElem;
 
-    // select all CRLDistributionPoint elements and build the 
-    // CRLDistributionPoints
-    crlDpIter =
-      XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(
-        getConfigElem(),
-        CRL_DISTRIBUTION_POINT_XPATH);
+    // select all DistributionPoint elements 
+    dPIter = XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(getConfigElem(), DISTRIBUTION_POINTS_XPATH);
 
     // build the mapping of CA name to distribution points 
-    while ((crlDpElem = (Element) crlDpIter.nextNode()) != null) {
-      String caIssuerDNText =
-        getElementValue(crlDpElem, CA_ISSUER_DN_XPATH, "");
+    while ((dPElem = (Element) dPIter.nextNode()) != null) {
+      String caIssuerDNText = getElementValue(dPElem, CONF + "CAIssuerDN", "");
       RFC2253NameParser nameParser = new RFC2253NameParser(caIssuerDNText);
-      NodeIterator dpIter =
-        XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(crlDpElem, DISTRIBUTION_POINT_XPATH);
-      String caIssuerDN;
-      Set dps;
-      Element dpElem;
+      NodeIterator cRLDPIter = XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(dPElem, CONF + "CRLDP");
+      NodeIterator oCSPDPPIter = XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(dPElem, CONF + "OCSPDP");
 
-      try {
-        caIssuerDN = nameParser.parse().getName();
+      try 
+      {
+        String caIssuerDN = nameParser.parse().getName();
 
         // check, if a mapping exists or make a new mapping      
-        dps = (Set) crlDps.get(caIssuerDN);
-        if (dps == null) {
-          dps = new HashSet();
-          crlDps.put(caIssuerDN, dps);
+        Set dPsForCA = (Set) dPs.get(caIssuerDN);
+        if (dPsForCA == null) 
+        {
+          dPsForCA = new HashSet();
+          dPs.put(caIssuerDN, dPsForCA);
         }
 
-        // add the distribution points of this CA to the set
-        while ((dpElem = (Element) dpIter.nextNode()) != null) {
-          DistributionPoint dp = buildDistributionPoint(dpElem);
-          dps.add(dp);
+        // add the CRL distribution points of this CA to the set
+        Element cRLDPElem;
+        while ((cRLDPElem = (Element) cRLDPIter.nextNode()) != null) 
+        {
+          CRLDistributionPoint cRLDP = (CRLDistributionPoint) buildDistributionPoint(cRLDPElem, caIssuerDN);
+          dPsForCA.add(cRLDP);
         }
-      } catch (RFC2253NameParserException e) {
+
+        // add the OCSP distribution points of this CA to the set
+        Element oCSPPElem;
+        while ((oCSPPElem = (Element) oCSPDPPIter.nextNode()) != null) 
+        {
+          OCSPDistributionPoint oCSPDP = (OCSPDistributionPoint) buildDistributionPoint(cRLDPElem, null);
+          dPsForCA.add(oCSPDP);
+        }
+} 
+      catch (RFC2253NameParserException e) 
+      {
         warn("config.13", new Object[] { caIssuerDNText }, e);
       }
 
     }
 
-    return crlDps;
+    return dPs;
   }
 
   /**
    * Build a distribution point from the DOM representation.
    * 
    * @param dpElem The root element of the distribution point.
+   * 
+   * @param issuerName The name of the CA issuing the CRL referred to by this DP, or <code>null</code>
+   *                   if this DP refers to an OCSP responder. 
+   * 
    * @return The distribution point.
    */
-  private DistributionPoint buildDistributionPoint(Element dpElem) {
-    String uri = dpElem.getAttribute("uri");
-    String reasonCodes = dpElem.getAttribute("reasonCodes");
-
-    return new DistributionPoint(uri, reasonCodes != null ? reasonCodes : "");
+  private DistributionPoint buildDistributionPoint(Element dpElem, String issuerName) 
+  {
+    String uri = getElementValue(dpElem, CONF + "Location", null);
+    
+    if ("CRLDP".equals(dpElem.getLocalName()))
+    {
+      NodeIterator reasonCodesIter = XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(dpElem, CONF + "ReasonCode");
+      Element reasonCodeElem;
+      StringBuffer reasonCodesSB = new StringBuffer();
+      while ((reasonCodeElem = (Element)reasonCodesIter.nextNode()) != null)
+      {
+        if (reasonCodesSB.length() > 0) reasonCodesSB.append(" ");  
+        reasonCodesSB.append(getElementValue(reasonCodeElem, ".", "").trim());
+      }
+      return new CRLDistributionPoint(uri, reasonCodesSB.toString(), issuerName);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      return new OCSPDistributionPoint(uri);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
    * Return the CRL archive duration.
    * 
-   * @return The value of the CRL archive duration setting from the
-   * configuration.
+   * @return The value of the CRL archive duration setting from the configuration, or <code>0</code> if
+   *         no value is set in the configuration.
    */
-  public int getCRLArchiveDuration() {
-    Element crlArchiveElem =
-      (Element) XPathUtils.selectSingleNode(getConfigElem(), CRL_ARCHIVE_XPATH);
-    String crlArchiveDuration;
-
-    if (crlArchiveElem == null) {
-      return 0;
-    }
-
-    try {
-      crlArchiveDuration = crlArchiveElem.getAttribute("duration");
-      return Integer.parseInt(crlArchiveDuration);
-    } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+  public int getRevocationArchiveDuration() 
+  {
+    String archiveDuration = getElementValue(getConfigElem(), CRL_ARCHIVE_DURATION_XPATH, null);
+    try 
+    {
+      return Integer.parseInt(archiveDuration);
+    } 
+    catch (NumberFormatException e) 
+    {
       warn("config.01", null);
       return 0;
     }
@@ -686,106 +795,92 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
   /**
    * Build the <code>CreateTransformsInfoProfile</code>s. 
    * 
-   * @param configRoot The directory of the main configuration file. Used for
-   * lookup of profiles with relative file names.
    * @return The mapping from profile ID to profile.
    */
-  public Map buildCreateTransformsInfoProfiles(File configRoot) {
-    return loadProfiles(
-      configRoot,
-      CREATE_TRANSFORMS_INFO_PROFILE_XPATH,
-      "CreateTransformsInfoProfile");
+  public Map buildCreateTransformsInfoProfiles() 
+  {
+    return loadProfiles(CREATE_TRANSFORMS_INFO_PROFILE_XPATH, "CreateTransformsInfoProfile");
   }
 
   /**
    * Build the <code>CreateSignatureEnvironmentProfile</code>s.
    *  
-   * @param configRoot The directory of the main configuration file. Used for
-   * lookup of profiles with relative file names.
    * @return The mapping from profile ID to profile.
    */
-  public Map buildCreateSignatureEnvironmentProfiles(File configRoot) {
-    return loadProfiles(
-      configRoot,
-      CREATE_SIGNATURE_ENVIRONMENT_PROFILE_XPATH,
-      "CreateSignatureEnvironmentProfile");
+  public Map buildCreateSignatureEnvironmentProfiles() 
+  {
+    return loadProfiles(CREATE_SIGNATURE_ENVIRONMENT_PROFILE_XPATH, "CreateSignatureEnvironmentProfile");
   }
 
   /**
    * Build the <code>VerifyTransformsInfoProfile</code>s.
    * 
-   * @param configRoot The directory of the main configuration file. Used for
-   * lookup of profiles with relative file names.
    * @return The mapping from profile ID to profile.
    */
-  public Map buildVerifyTransformsInfoProfiles(File configRoot) {
-    return loadProfiles(
-      configRoot,
-      VERIFY_TRANSFORMS_INFO_PROFILE_XPATH,
-      "VerifyTransformsInfoProfile");
+  public Map buildVerifyTransformsInfoProfiles() 
+  {
+    return loadProfiles(VERIFY_TRANSFORMS_INFO_PROFILE_XPATH, "VerifyTransformsInfoProfile");
   }
 
   /**
    * Build the <code>SupplementProfile</code>s.
    * 
-   * @param configRoot The directory of the main configuration file. Used for
-   * lookup of profiles with relative file names.
    * @return The mapping from profile ID to profile.
    */
-  public Map buildSupplementProfiles(File configRoot) {
-    return loadProfiles(
-      configRoot,
-      SUPPLEMENT_PROFILE_XPATH,
-      "SupplementProfile");
+  public Map buildSupplementProfiles()
+  {
+    return loadProfiles(SUPPLEMENT_PROFILE_XPATH, "SupplementProfile");
   }
 
   /**
    * Load a profile mapping.
    * 
-   * @param root The absolute directory path of the main configuration file.
    * @param xpath The XPath to select the profiles from the configuration.
+   * 
    * @param profileRoot The name of the profile root element.
+   * 
    * @return Map The profile ID to profile mapping.
    */
-  private Map loadProfiles(File root, String xpath, String profileRoot) {
+  private Map loadProfiles(String xpath, String profileRoot) 
+  {
     Map profiles = new HashMap();
-    NodeIterator profileIter =
-      XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(getConfigElem(), xpath);
+    NodeIterator profileIter = XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(getConfigElem(), xpath);
     Element profileElem;
 
-    while ((profileElem = (Element) profileIter.nextNode()) != null) {
-      String id = profileElem.getAttribute("id");
-      String fileName = profileElem.getAttribute("filename");
+    while ((profileElem = (Element) profileIter.nextNode()) != null) 
+    {
+      String id = getElementValue(profileElem, CONF + "Id", null);
+      String fileName = getElementValue(profileElem, CONF + "Location", null);
 
-      if (profiles.containsKey(id)) {
+      if (profiles.containsKey(id)) 
+      {
         warn("config.04", new Object[] { profileRoot, id });
-      } else {
-        Element profile;
-
-        try {
+      } 
+      else 
+      {
+        try 
+        {
           File profileFile = new File(fileName);
 
           // make profileFile absolute
-          if (!profileFile.isAbsolute()) {
-            profileFile = new File(root, fileName);
-          }
+          if (!profileFile.isAbsolute()) profileFile = new File(configRoot_, fileName);
 
           // load the profile
-          info(
-            "config.22",
-            new Object[] { profileRoot, id, profileFile.getAbsoluteFile()});
-          profile = loadProfile(profileFile);
+          info("config.22", new Object[] { profileRoot, id, profileFile.getAbsoluteFile()});
+          Element profile = loadProfile(profileFile);
 
-          if (profile.getTagName().equals(profileRoot)) {
+          if (profile.getTagName().equals(profileRoot)) 
+          {
             profiles.put(id, profile);
-          } else {
+          } 
+          else
+          {
             warn("config.02", new Object[] { profileRoot, id, fileName });
           }
         } catch (ConfigurationException e) {
           warn("config.03", new Object[] { profileRoot, id });
         }
       }
-
     }
 
     return profiles;
@@ -815,30 +910,30 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
   /**
    * Bulid the trust profile mapping.
    * 
-   * @param configRoot The absolute path to the main configuration file.
    * @return The profile ID to profile mapping.
    */
-  public Map buildTrustProfiles(File configRoot) {
+  public Map buildTrustProfiles() 
+  {
     Map trustProfiles = new HashMap();
-    NodeIterator profileIter =
-      XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(getConfigElem(), TRUST_PROFILE_XPATH);
+    NodeIterator profileIter = XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(getConfigElem(), TRUST_PROFILE_XPATH);
     Element profileElem;
 
-    while ((profileElem = (Element) profileIter.nextNode()) != null) {
-      String id = profileElem.getAttribute("id");
-      String uriStr = profileElem.getAttribute("uri");
-      String signerCertsUriStr = profileElem.getAttribute("signerCertsUri");
+    while ((profileElem = (Element) profileIter.nextNode()) != null)
+    {
+      String id = getElementValue(profileElem, CONF + "Id", null);
+      String trustAnchorsLocStr = getElementValue(profileElem, CONF + "TrustAnchorsLocation", null);
+      String signerCertsLocStr = getElementValue(profileElem, CONF + "SignerCertsLocation", null);
 
-      URI uri = null;
+      URI trustAnchorsLocURI = null;
       try
       {
-        uri = new URI(uriStr);
-        if (!uri.isAbsolute()) { // make it absolute to the config file
-          uri = new URI(configRoot.toURL() + uriStr);
+        trustAnchorsLocURI = new URI(trustAnchorsLocStr);
+        if (!trustAnchorsLocURI.isAbsolute()) { // make it absolute to the config file
+          trustAnchorsLocURI = new URI(configRoot_.toURL() + trustAnchorsLocStr);
         }
       }
       catch (URIException e) {
-        warn("config.14", new Object[] { "uri", id, uriStr }, e);
+        warn("config.14", new Object[] { "uri", id, trustAnchorsLocStr }, e);
         continue;
       }
       catch (MalformedURLException e)
@@ -847,7 +942,7 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
         continue;
       }
 
-      File profileDir = new File(uri.getPath());
+      File profileDir = new File(trustAnchorsLocURI.getPath());
       if (!profileDir.exists() || !profileDir.isDirectory()) {
         warn("config.27", new Object[] { "uri", id });
         continue;
@@ -858,22 +953,22 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
         continue;
       } 
       
-      URI signerCertsUri = null;
-      if (signerCertsUriStr != null && !"".equals(signerCertsUriStr))
+      URI signerCertsLocURI = null;
+      if (signerCertsLocStr != null && !"".equals(signerCertsLocStr))
       {
         try
         {
-          signerCertsUri = new URI(signerCertsUriStr);
-          if (!signerCertsUri.isAbsolute()) signerCertsUri = new URI(configRoot.toURL() + signerCertsUriStr);
+          signerCertsLocURI = new URI(signerCertsLocStr);
+          if (!signerCertsLocURI.isAbsolute()) signerCertsLocURI = new URI(configRoot_.toURL() + signerCertsLocStr);
           
-          File signerCertsDir = new File(signerCertsUri.getPath());
+          File signerCertsDir = new File(signerCertsLocURI.getPath());
           if (!signerCertsDir.exists() || !signerCertsDir.isDirectory()) {
             warn("config.27", new Object[] { "signerCertsUri", id });
             continue;
           }
         }
         catch (URIException e) {
-          warn("config.14", new Object[] { "signerCertsUri", id, uriStr }, e);
+          warn("config.14", new Object[] { "signerCertsUri", id, trustAnchorsLocStr }, e);
           continue;
         }
         catch (MalformedURLException e) {
@@ -882,13 +977,50 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
         }
       }
       
-      signerCertsUriStr = (signerCertsUri != null) ? signerCertsUri.toString() : null;
-      TrustProfile profile = new TrustProfile(id, uri.toString(), signerCertsUriStr);
+      signerCertsLocStr = (signerCertsLocURI != null) ? signerCertsLocURI.toString() : null;
+      TrustProfile profile = new TrustProfile(id, trustAnchorsLocURI.toString(), signerCertsLocStr);
       trustProfiles.put(id, profile);
     }
 
     return trustProfiles;
   }
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns the location of the certificate store.
+   * 
+   * @return the location of the certificate store.
+   */
+  public String getCertStoreLocation()
+  {
+    String certStoreLocStr = getElementValue(getConfigElem(), CERTSTORE_LOCATION_XPATH, null);
+    File certStoreLocFile;
+    
+    // Make cert store location an absolute value
+    certStoreLocFile = new File(certStoreLocStr);
+    if (!certStoreLocFile.isAbsolute())
+    {
+      certStoreLocFile = new File(configRoot_, certStoreLocStr);
+    }
+    
+    // Check if cert store location exists, eventually try to create it
+    if (!certStoreLocFile.isDirectory())
+    {
+      boolean created = false;
+      try 
+      {
+        created = certStoreLocFile.mkdirs();
+      }
+      finally
+      {
+        if (!created)
+        {
+          warn("config.32", new Object[] { certStoreLocFile.getAbsolutePath() });
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    
+    return certStoreLocFile.getAbsolutePath();
+  }
 
   //
   // various utility methods
@@ -984,4 +1116,107 @@ public class ConfigurationPartsBuilder {
     warnings.add(txt);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns whether revocation information should be archived.
+   * 
+   * @return whether revocation information should be archived.
+   */
+  public boolean getEnableRevocationArchiving()
+  {
+    String enableArchiving = getElementValue(getConfigElem(), ENABLE_ARCHIVING_XPATH, null);
+    return Boolean.valueOf(enableArchiving).booleanValue();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the JDBC URL for the revocation archive database.
+   * 
+   * @return the JDBC URL for the revocation archive database, or <code>null</code, if the corresponding
+   *         parameter is not set in the configuration.
+   */
+  public String getRevocationArchiveJDBCURL()
+  {
+    String jDBCURL = getElementValue(getConfigElem(), ACHIVE_JDBC_URL_, null);
+    return jDBCURL;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the JDBC driver class name for the revocation archive database.
+   *  
+   * @return the JDBC driver class name for the revocation archive database, or <code>null</code, 
+   *         if the corresponding parameter is not set in the configuration.
+   */
+  public String getRevocationArchiveJDBCDriverClass()
+  {
+    String jDBCDriverClass = getElementValue(getConfigElem(), ACHIVE_JDBC_DRIVER_CLASS_, null);
+    return jDBCDriverClass;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns whether revocation information should be archived.
+   */
+  public boolean getEnableRevocationChecking()
+  {
+    String enableChecking = getElementValue(getConfigElem(), ENABLE_REVOCATION_CHECKING_XPATH_, null);
+    return Boolean.valueOf(enableChecking).booleanValue();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the maximum age of a revocation information for considering it 
+   * still as valid.
+   * 
+   * @return the maximum age of a revocation information for considering it 
+   *         still as valid.
+   */
+  public long getMaxRevocationAge()
+  {
+    String maxRevocationAge = getElementValue(getConfigElem(), MAX_REVOCATION_AGE_XPATH_, null);
+    return Long.valueOf(maxRevocationAge).longValue();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the service order for revocation checking.
+   * 
+   * @return the service order for revocation checking. Valid array entries are
+   *         {@link evocationSourceTypes#OCSP} and {@link RevocationSourceTypes#CRL}.
+   *         An empty array will be returned if no service order is specified in the
+   *         configuration.
+   */
+  public String[] getServiceOrder()
+  {
+    ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
+    NodeIterator serviceIter = XPathUtils.selectNodeIterator(getConfigElem(), REVOCATION_SERVICEORDER_XPATH_);
+    Element currentServiceNode;
+    while ((currentServiceNode = (Element)serviceIter.nextNode()) != null)
+    {
+      list.add(getElementValue(currentServiceNode, ".", null));
+    }
+    return (String[])list.toArray();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns whether the certificate extension Authority Info Access should 
+   * be used during certificate path construction.
+   * 
+   * @return whether the certificate extension Authority Info Access should 
+   *         be used during certificate path construction.
+   */
+  public boolean getUseAuthorityInfoAccess()
+  {
+    String useAIA = getElementValue(getConfigElem(), USE_AUTHORITY_INFO_ACCESS_XPATH_, null);
+    return Boolean.valueOf(useAIA).booleanValue();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns whether certificates found during certificate path construction 
+   * should be added to the certificate store.
+   * 
+   * @return whether certificates found during certificate path construction 
+   *         should be added to the certificate store.
+   */
+  public boolean getAutoAddCertificates()
+  {
+    String autoAdd = getElementValue(getConfigElem(), AUTO_ADD_CERTIFICATES_XPATH_, null);
+    return Boolean.valueOf(autoAdd).booleanValue();
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/config/ConfigurationProvider.java b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/config/ConfigurationProvider.java
index 4927bb9b0..a6cbcc159 100644
--- a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/config/ConfigurationProvider.java
+++ b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/config/ConfigurationProvider.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
 import iaik.asn1.structures.Name;
+import iaik.pki.revocation.RevocationSourceTypes;
 import iaik.utils.RFC2253NameParser;
 import iaik.utils.RFC2253NameParserException;
 
@@ -42,8 +43,8 @@ import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.util.MessageProvider;
  * @author Sven Aigner
  * @version $Id$
  */
-public class ConfigurationProvider {
-
+public class ConfigurationProvider 
+{
   /** 
    * The name of the system property which contains the file name of the 
    * configuration file.
@@ -51,54 +52,6 @@ public class ConfigurationProvider {
   public static final String CONFIG_PROPERTY_NAME =
     "moa.spss.server.configuration";
 
-  /**
-   * The name of the generic configuration property giving the root directory of
-   * a directory based cert store.
-   */
-  public static final String DIRECTORY_CERTSTORE_PARAMETER_PROPERTY =
-    "DirectoryCertStoreParameters.RootDir";
-
-  /** The name of the generic configuration property which determines if
-   * certificates should be added to the cert store automatically. */
-  public static final String AUTO_ADD_CERTIFICATES_PROPERTY =
-    "autoAddCertificates";
-
-  /** The name of the generic configuration property whether the authority
-   * info access should be used. */
-  public static final String USE_AUTHORITY_INFO_ACCESS_PROPERTY =
-    "useAuthorityInfoAccess";
-
-  /** The name of the generic configuration property determining the maximum
-   * age of CRL entries. */
-  public static final String MAX_REVOCATION_AGE_PROPERTY = "maxRevocationAge";
-
-  /**
-   * The name of the generic configuration property giving the database URL of
-   * the CRL archive.
-   */
-  public static final String DATABASE_ARCHIVE_PARAMETER_URL_PROPERTY =
-    "DataBaseArchiveParameter.JDBCUrl";
-
-  /**
-   * The name of the generic configuration property giving the JDBC driver 
-   * class name for accessing the database used for the the CRL archive.
-   */
-  public static final String DATABASE_ARCHIVE_PARAMETER_DRIVERCLASS_PROPERTY =
-    "DataBaseArchiveParameter.JDBCDriverClass";
-
-  /** The name of the generic configuration property determining whether
-   * to check the revocation status of signer certificates. */
-  public static final String REVOCATION_CHECKING_PROPERTY = "checkRevocation";
-
-  /** The name of the generic configuration property determining whether to
-   * archive revocation information. */
-  public static final String ARCHIVE_REVOCATION_INFO_PROPERTY =
-    "archiveRevocationInfo";
-
-  /** The name of the generic configuration property used for setting the
-   * signing time to a predefined value. (Use for testing purposes only). */
-  public static final String TEST_SIGNING_TIME_PROPERTY = "test.SigningTime";
-
   /** 
    * A fake <code>IssuerAndSerial</code> object for storing KeyGroup information
    * accessible by all clients.
@@ -122,13 +75,6 @@ public class ConfigurationProvider {
   /** The default canonicalization algorithm name */
   private String canonicalizationAlgorithmName;
 
-  /**
-   * A <code>Map</code> which contains generic configuration information. Maps a
-   * configuration name (a <code>String</code>) to a configuration value (also a
-   * <code>String</code>).
-   */
-  private Map genericConfiguration;
-
   /** 
    * A <code>List</code> of <code>HardwareCryptoModule</code> objects for 
    * configuring hardware modules.
@@ -173,10 +119,22 @@ public class ConfigurationProvider {
    * to distribution points (a <code>Set</code> of
    * <code>DistributionPoint</code>s) mapping.
    */
-  private Map crlDistributionPoints;
+  private Map distributionPoints;
 
-  /** The CRL archive duration. */
+  /** 
+   * The CRL archive duration. 
+   */
   private int cRLArchiveDuration;
+  
+  /**
+   * Indicates whether revocation information should be archived.
+   */
+  private boolean enableRevocationArchiving_;
+  
+  /**
+   * The location of the certificate store.
+   */
+  private String certStoreLocation_;
 
   /**
    * A <code>Map</code> which contains a mapping from
@@ -213,6 +171,43 @@ public class ConfigurationProvider {
   private Map trustProfiles;
 
   /**
+   * The JDBC URL for the revocation archive database.
+   */
+  private String revocationArchiveJDBCURL_;
+
+  /**
+   * The JDBC driver class name for the revocation archive database.
+   */
+  private String revocationArchiveJDBCDriverClass_;
+
+  /**
+   * Indicates whether revocation checking should be done.
+   */
+  private boolean enableRevocationChecking_;
+
+  /**
+   * The maximum age of a revocation information for considering it still as valid.
+   */
+  private long maxRevocationAge_;
+
+  /**
+   * The service order for revocation checking.
+   */
+  private String[] serviceOrder_;
+
+  /**
+   * Indicates whether certificates found during certificate path construction 
+   * should be added to the certificate store.
+   */
+  private boolean autoAddCertificates_;
+
+  /**
+   * Indicates whether the certificate extension Authority Info Access should 
+   * be used during certificate path construction.
+   */
+  private boolean useAuthorityInfoAccess_;
+
+  /**
    * Return the single instance of configuration data.
    * 
    * @return MOAConfigurationProvider The current configuration data.
@@ -291,7 +286,7 @@ public class ConfigurationProvider {
 
     // build the internal datastructures
     try {
-      builder = new ConfigurationPartsBuilder(configElem);
+      builder = new ConfigurationPartsBuilder(configElem, configRoot);
       digestMethodAlgorithmName = builder.getDigestMethodAlgorithmName();
       canonicalizationAlgorithmName =
         builder.getCanonicalizationAlgorithmName();
@@ -299,7 +294,7 @@ public class ConfigurationProvider {
       hardwareKeyModules =
         builder.buildHardwareKeyModules(Collections.EMPTY_LIST);
       softwareKeyModules =
-        builder.buildSoftwareKeyModules(hardwareKeyModules, configRoot);
+        builder.buildSoftwareKeyModules(hardwareKeyModules);
       allKeyModules = new ArrayList(hardwareKeyModules);
       allKeyModules.addAll(softwareKeyModules);
       keyGroups = builder.buildKeyGroups(allKeyModules);
@@ -307,20 +302,23 @@ public class ConfigurationProvider {
         builder.buildKeyGroupMappings(keyGroups, ANONYMOUS_ISSUER_SERIAL);
       defaultChainingMode = builder.getDefaultChainingMode();
       chainingModes = builder.buildChainingModes();
-      crlDistributionPoints = builder.buildCRLDistributionPoints();
-      cRLArchiveDuration = builder.getCRLArchiveDuration();
-      genericConfiguration = builder.buildGenericConfiguration();
-      absolutizeCertStoreRoot(configRoot);
-      createTransformsInfoProfiles =
-        builder.buildCreateTransformsInfoProfiles(configRoot);
-      createSignatureEnvironmentProfiles =
-        builder.buildCreateSignatureEnvironmentProfiles(configRoot);
-      verifyTransformsInfoProfiles =
-        builder.buildVerifyTransformsInfoProfiles(configRoot);
-      supplementProfiles = builder.buildSupplementProfiles(configRoot);
-      trustProfiles = builder.buildTrustProfiles(configRoot);
+      useAuthorityInfoAccess_ = builder.getUseAuthorityInfoAccess();
+      autoAddCertificates_ = builder.getAutoAddCertificates();
+      distributionPoints = builder.buildDistributionPoints();
+      enableRevocationChecking_ = builder.getEnableRevocationChecking();
+      maxRevocationAge_ = builder.getMaxRevocationAge();
+      serviceOrder_ = builder.getServiceOrder();
+      enableRevocationArchiving_ = builder.getEnableRevocationArchiving();
+      cRLArchiveDuration = builder.getRevocationArchiveDuration();
+      revocationArchiveJDBCURL_ = builder.getRevocationArchiveJDBCURL();
+      revocationArchiveJDBCDriverClass_ = builder.getRevocationArchiveJDBCDriverClass();
+      certStoreLocation_ = builder.getCertStoreLocation();
+      createTransformsInfoProfiles = builder.buildCreateTransformsInfoProfiles();
+      createSignatureEnvironmentProfiles = builder.buildCreateSignatureEnvironmentProfiles();
+      verifyTransformsInfoProfiles = builder.buildVerifyTransformsInfoProfiles();
+      supplementProfiles = builder.buildSupplementProfiles();
+      trustProfiles = builder.buildTrustProfiles();
       warnings = new ArrayList(builder.getWarnings());
-      checkConsistency();
     } catch (Throwable t) {
       throw new ConfigurationException("config.11", null, t);
     } finally {
@@ -345,63 +343,6 @@ public class ConfigurationProvider {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Make the <code>DIRECTORY_CERTSTORE_PARAMETER_PROPERTY</code> generic 
-   * configuration value an absolute file name.
-   * 
-   * @param configRoot The root directory of the main configuration file.
-   */
-  private void absolutizeCertStoreRoot(File configRoot) {
-    String certStoreRoot =
-      getGenericConfiguration(DIRECTORY_CERTSTORE_PARAMETER_PROPERTY);
-
-    if (certStoreRoot != null) {
-      if (!new File(certStoreRoot).isAbsolute()) {
-        // make the cert store absolute
-        File absCertStore = new File(configRoot, certStoreRoot);
-
-        setGenericConfiguration(
-          DIRECTORY_CERTSTORE_PARAMETER_PROPERTY,
-          absCertStore.getAbsolutePath());
-      }
-    } else {
-      // no value given: set it to a reasonable (absolute) default
-      File absCertStore = new File(configRoot, "certstore");
-
-      setGenericConfiguration(
-        DIRECTORY_CERTSTORE_PARAMETER_PROPERTY,
-        absCertStore.getAbsolutePath());
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Do some additional consistency checks on the configuration.
-   */
-  private void checkConsistency() {
-    // check for valid DirectoryCertStoreParameters.RootDir
-    String certStoreRoot =
-      getGenericConfiguration(DIRECTORY_CERTSTORE_PARAMETER_PROPERTY);
-
-    if (certStoreRoot != null) {
-      File certStore = new File(certStoreRoot);
-
-      if (!certStore.exists() && !certStore.isDirectory()) {
-        boolean created = false;
-
-        try {
-          created = certStore.mkdirs();
-        } finally {
-          if (!created) {
-            warn(
-              "config.30",
-              new Object[] { DIRECTORY_CERTSTORE_PARAMETER_PROPERTY });
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-  }
-
-  /**
    * Return the name of the digest algorithm used during signature creation.
    * 
    * @return The digest method algorithm name, or an empty <code>String</code>,
@@ -530,20 +471,22 @@ public class ConfigurationProvider {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Return the CRL distribution points for a given CA.
+   * Return the distribution points for a given CA.
+   * 
+   * @param cert The certificate for which the distribution points should be
+   *             looked up. The issuer information is used to perform the lookup.
    * 
-   * @param cert The certificate for which the CRL distribution points should be
-   * looked up. The issuer information is used to perform the lookup.
    * @return A <code>Set</code> of <code>DistributionPoint</code> objects. The
-   * set will be empty, if no distribution points have been configured for this
-   * certificate.
+   *         set will be empty, if no distribution points have been configured 
+   *         for this certificate.
    */
-  public Set getCRLDP(X509Certificate cert) {
+  public Set getDistributionPoints(X509Certificate cert) 
+  {
     try {
       RFC2253NameParser nameParser =
         new RFC2253NameParser(cert.getIssuerDN().toString());
       String caIssuerDN = nameParser.parse().getName();
-      Set dps = (Set) crlDistributionPoints.get(caIssuerDN);
+      Set dps = (Set) distributionPoints.get(caIssuerDN);
 
       if (dps == null) {
         return Collections.EMPTY_SET;
@@ -563,42 +506,25 @@ public class ConfigurationProvider {
   public int getCRLArchiveDuration() {
     return cRLArchiveDuration;
   }
-
-  /**
-   * Sets a generic configuration value.
-   * 
-   * Existing values are overridden.
-   * 
-   * @param name The name of the generic configuration.
-   * @param value The new value of the generic configuration.
-   */
-  private void setGenericConfiguration(String name, String value) {
-    genericConfiguration.put(name, value);
-  }
-
+  
   /**
-   * Return the value of a generic configuration.
+   * Returns whether revocation information should be archived.
    * 
-   * @param name The name of the generic configuration.
-   * @return The value of the generic configuration with the given name, or
-   * <code>null</code>, if none can be found.
+   * @return whether revocation information should be archived.
    */
-  public String getGenericConfiguration(String name) {
-    return (String) genericConfiguration.get(name);
+  public boolean getEnableRevocationArchiving()
+  {
+    return enableRevocationArchiving_;
   }
-
+  
   /**
-   * Return the value of a generic configuration, or a given default value.
+   * Returns the location of the certificate store.
    * 
-   * @param name The name of the generic configuration.
-   * @param defaultValue A default value to be returned in case that the generic
-   * configuration with the given name does not exist.
-   * @return The value of the generic configuration with the given name, or the
-   * <code>defaultValue</code>, if none can be found.
+   * @return the location of the certificate store.
    */
-  public String getGenericConfiguration(String name, String defaultValue) {
-    String value = (String) genericConfiguration.get(name);
-    return value != null ? value : defaultValue;
+  public String getCertStoreLocation()
+  {
+    return certStoreLocation_;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -683,4 +609,81 @@ public class ConfigurationProvider {
     warnings.add(txt);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the JDBC URL for the revocation archive database.
+   * 
+   * @return the JDBC URL for the revocation archive database.
+   */
+  public String getRevocationArchiveJDBCURL()
+  {
+    return revocationArchiveJDBCURL_;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the JDBC driver class name for the revocation archive database.
+   * 
+   * @return the JDBC driver class name for the revocation archive database.
+   */
+  public String getRevocationArchiveJDBCDriverClass()
+  {
+    return revocationArchiveJDBCDriverClass_;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns whether revocation checking should be done.
+   * 
+   * @return whether revocation checking should be done.
+   */
+  public boolean getEnableRevocationChecking()
+  {
+    return enableRevocationChecking_;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the maximum age of a revocation information for considering it 
+   * still as valid.
+   * 
+   * @return the maximum age of a revocation information for considering it 
+   *         still as valid.
+   */
+  public long getMaxRevocationAge()
+  {
+    return maxRevocationAge_;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the service order for revocation checking.
+   * 
+   * @return the service order for revocation checking. Valid array entries are
+   *         {@link evocationSourceTypes#OCSP} and {@link RevocationSourceTypes#CRL}.
+   */
+  public String[] getServiceOrder()
+  {
+    return serviceOrder_;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns whether certificates found during certificate path construction 
+   * should be added to the certificate store.
+   * 
+   * @return whether certificates found during certificate path construction 
+   *         should be added to the certificate store.
+   */
+  public boolean getAutoAddCertificates()
+  {
+    return autoAddCertificates_;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns whether the certificate extension Authority Info Access should 
+   * be used during certificate path construction.
+   * 
+   * @return whether the certificate extension Authority Info Access should 
+   *         be used during certificate path construction.
+   */
+  public boolean getUseAuthorityInfoAccess()
+  {
+    return useAuthorityInfoAccess_;
+  }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/config/DistributionPoint.java b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/config/DistributionPoint.java
index 7863eabe1..5c0646449 100644
--- a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/config/DistributionPoint.java
+++ b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/config/DistributionPoint.java
@@ -1,146 +1,38 @@
 package at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.config;
 
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.StringTokenizer;
-
-import at.gv.egovernment.moa.logging.LogMsg;
-import at.gv.egovernment.moa.logging.Logger;
-
-import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.util.MessageProvider;
-
 /**
- * A class containing information about a CRL distribution point.
+ * Abstract base class for distribution points.
  * 
- * @author Sven Aigner
- * @author Patrick Peck
+ * @author Gregor Karlinger
  * @version $Id$
- */
-public class DistributionPoint {
-
-  private static Map RC_MAPPING = new HashMap();
-
-  static {
-
-    // create the mapping between reason code strings and their integer values
-    RC_MAPPING.put(
-      "unused",
-      new Integer(iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.unused));
-    RC_MAPPING.put(
-      "keyCompromise",
-      new Integer(iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.keyCompromise));
-    RC_MAPPING.put(
-      "cACompromise",
-      new Integer(iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.cACompromise));
-    RC_MAPPING.put(
-      "affiliationChanged",
-      new Integer(iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.affiliationChanged));
-    RC_MAPPING.put(
-      "superseded",
-      new Integer(iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.superseded));
-    RC_MAPPING.put(
-      "cessationOfOperation",
-      new Integer(iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.cessationOfOperation));
-    RC_MAPPING.put(
-      "certificateHold",
-      new Integer(iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.certificateHold));
-    RC_MAPPING.put(
-      "privilegeWithdrawn",
-      new Integer(iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.privilegeWithdrawn));
-    RC_MAPPING.put(
-      "aACompromise",
-      new Integer(iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.aACompromise));
-  }
-
-  /** The distribution point URI. */
-  private String uri;
-  /** The reason codes applicable for the distribution point. */
-  private int reasonCodes;
-
-  /**
-   * Create a <code>DistributionPoint</code> with a URI and a list of reason
-   * codes.
-   * 
-   * @param uri The URI of the distribution point.
-   * @param reasonCodeStr A list of reason codes (a space-separated
-   * enumeration).
-   */
-  public DistributionPoint(String uri, String reasonCodeStr) {
-    this.uri = uri;
-    this.reasonCodes = extractReasonCodes(reasonCodeStr);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Convert a list of reason codes provided as a <code>String</code> to a
-   * binary representation.
-   * 
-   * @param reasonCodeStr A <code>String</code> containing a blank-separated,
-   * textual representation of reason codes.
-   * @return int A binary representation of reason codes.
-   * @see iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint
+ * */
+public abstract class DistributionPoint implements iaik.pki.revocation.DistributionPoint
+{
+  /** 
+   * The distribution point URI. 
    */
-  private int extractReasonCodes(String reasonCodeStr) {
-    int codes = 0;
-    StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reasonCodeStr);
-    String token;
-    Integer reasonCode;
-
-    while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
-      token = tokenizer.nextToken();
-      reasonCode = (Integer) RC_MAPPING.get(token);
-      if (reasonCode != null) {
-        codes |= reasonCode.intValue();
-      } else {
-        MessageProvider msg = MessageProvider.getInstance();
-        Logger.warn(
-          new LogMsg(msg.getMessage("config.07", new Object[] { token })));
-      }
-    }
-
-    // If reasonCodeStr is empty, set all possible reason codes
-    if (codes == 0) codes = 
-      iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.unused |
-      iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.keyCompromise |
-      iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.cACompromise |
-      iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.affiliationChanged |
-      iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.superseded |
-      iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.cessationOfOperation |
-      iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.certificateHold |
-      iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.privilegeWithdrawn |
-      iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint.aACompromise;
-    
-    return codes;
-  }
+  private String uri_;
 
   /**
-   * Return the URI of the distribution point.
+   * Create a <code>DistributionPoint</code> with a URI.
    * 
-   * @return The URI of the distribution point.
+   * @param uri The URI of the distribution point.
    */
-  public String getUri() {
-    return uri;
+  public DistributionPoint(String uri)
+  {
+    uri_ = uri;
   }
-
+  
   /**
-   * Return a binary representation of the reason codes of this distribution
-   * point.
-   * 
-   * @return The binary representation of the reason codes.
+   * @see iaik.pki.revocation.DistributionPoint#getType()
    */
-  public int getReasonCodes() {
-    return reasonCodes;
-  }
+  public abstract String getType();
 
   /**
-   * Return a <code>String</code> representation of this distribution point.
-   * 
-   * @return The <code>String</code> representation of this distribution point.
-   * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
+   * @see iaik.pki.revocation.DistributionPoint#getUri()
    */
-  public String toString() {
-    return "(DistributionPoint - "
-      + ("URI<" + getUri())
-      + ("> REASONCODES<" + getReasonCodes() + ">)");
+  public String getUri()
+  {
+    return uri_;
   }
-
 }
diff --git a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/config/OCSPDistributionPoint.java b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/config/OCSPDistributionPoint.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4509ac97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/config/OCSPDistributionPoint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.config;
+
+import iaik.pki.revocation.RevocationSourceTypes;
+
+/**
+ * A class representing a CRL distribution point.
+ * 
+ * @author Gregor Karlinger
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public class OCSPDistributionPoint 
+  extends DistributionPoint 
+  implements iaik.pki.revocation.DistributionPoint
+{
+  /**
+   * Create a <code>OCSPDistributionPoint</code> with a URI.
+   * 
+   * @param uri The URI of the ocsp distribution point.
+   */
+  public OCSPDistributionPoint(String uri)
+  {
+    super(uri);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @see iaik.pki.revocation.DistributionPoint#getType()
+   */
+  public String getType()
+  {
+    return RevocationSourceTypes.OCSP;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/ArchiveConfigurationImpl.java b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/ArchiveConfigurationImpl.java
index daff07bd2..bf56d437c 100644
--- a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/ArchiveConfigurationImpl.java
+++ b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/ArchiveConfigurationImpl.java
@@ -28,23 +28,17 @@ public class ArchiveConfigurationImpl
   /**
    * Create a new <code>ArchiveConfigurationImpl</code>.
    * 
-   * @param config The MOA configuration from which the configuration data is
-   * being read.
+   * @param config The MOA configuration from which the configuration data is being read.
    */
-  public ArchiveConfigurationImpl(ConfigurationProvider config) {
-    String jdbcUrl =
-      config.getGenericConfiguration(
-        ConfigurationProvider.DATABASE_ARCHIVE_PARAMETER_URL_PROPERTY);
-
-    if (jdbcUrl != null) {
-      this.archiveParameters = new DataBaseArchiveParameterImpl(jdbcUrl);
-    }
+  public ArchiveConfigurationImpl(ConfigurationProvider config) 
+  {
+    String jdbcUrl = config.getRevocationArchiveJDBCURL();
+    this.archiveParameters = new DataBaseArchiveParameterImpl(jdbcUrl);
     
-    // Register JDBC driver class specified in generic configuration parameters
-    String jdbcDriverClass = config.getGenericConfiguration(
-      ConfigurationProvider.DATABASE_ARCHIVE_PARAMETER_DRIVERCLASS_PROPERTY);
-    if (jdbcDriverClass != null)
+    // Register JDBC driver class 
+    if (jdbcUrl != null)
     {
+      String jdbcDriverClass = config.getRevocationArchiveJDBCDriverClass();
       try
       {
         Class.forName(jdbcDriverClass);
diff --git a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/CRLDistributionPointAdapter.java b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/CRLDistributionPointAdapter.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c2df80a5..000000000
--- a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/CRLDistributionPointAdapter.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-package at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.iaik.config;
-
-import iaik.pki.revocation.CRLDistributionPoint;
-import iaik.pki.revocation.RevocationSourceTypes;
-
-import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.config.DistributionPoint;
-
-/**
- * A class that wraps an 
- * at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.config.DistributionPoint as a 
- * iaik.pki.revocation.CRLDistributionPoint.
- * 
- * @see iaik.pki.revocation.CRLDistributionPoint
- * @author Patrick Peck
- * @version $Id$
- */
-public class CRLDistributionPointAdapter implements CRLDistributionPoint {
-  
-  /** The wrapped <code>DistributionPoint</code>. */
-  private DistributionPoint distributionPoint;
-  
-  /**
-   * Create a new <code>CRLDistributionPointAdapter</code>.
-   * 
-   * @param distributionPoint The <code>DistributionPoint</code> to wrap. It
-   * contains the data configured in the MOA configuration.
-   */
-  public CRLDistributionPointAdapter(DistributionPoint distributionPoint) {
-    this.distributionPoint = distributionPoint;    
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @see iaik.pki.revocation.CRLDistributionPoint#getReasonCodes()
-   */
-  public int getReasonCodes() {
-    return distributionPoint.getReasonCodes();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @return <code>RevocationSourceTypes.CRL</code>
-   * @see iaik.pki.revocation.DistributionPoint#getType()
-   */
-  public String getType() {
-    return RevocationSourceTypes.CRL;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @see iaik.pki.revocation.DistributionPoint#getUri()
-   */
-  public String getUri() {
-    return distributionPoint.getUri();
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/CertStoreConfigurationImpl.java b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/CertStoreConfigurationImpl.java
index c9be3fc2b..e6e084e11 100644
--- a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/CertStoreConfigurationImpl.java
+++ b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/CertStoreConfigurationImpl.java
@@ -27,21 +27,17 @@ public class CertStoreConfigurationImpl
    * @param config The MOA configuration from which the configuration data is
    * being read.
    */
-  public CertStoreConfigurationImpl(ConfigurationProvider config) {
-    String certStoreRoot =
-      config.getGenericConfiguration(
-        ConfigurationProvider.DIRECTORY_CERTSTORE_PARAMETER_PROPERTY,
-        "certstore");
-
-    if (certStoreRoot != null) {
-      DirectoryCertStoreParameters dirParameters =
-        new DirectoryCertStoreParametersImpl(
-          "MOA Directory CertStore",
-          certStoreRoot,
-          true,
-          false);
-      parameters = new CertStoreParameters[] { dirParameters };
-    }
+  public CertStoreConfigurationImpl(ConfigurationProvider config) 
+  {
+    String certStoreRoot = config.getCertStoreLocation();
+
+    DirectoryCertStoreParameters dirParameters = new DirectoryCertStoreParametersImpl(
+      "MOA Directory CertStore",
+      certStoreRoot,
+      true,
+      false);
+
+    parameters = new CertStoreParameters[] { dirParameters };
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/IaikConfigurator.java b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/IaikConfigurator.java
index 6562ef1f4..a7ec91472 100644
--- a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/IaikConfigurator.java
+++ b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/IaikConfigurator.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class IaikConfigurator {
       
       dumpKeyEntryIDs();
       checkKeyGroupConfig(moaConfig);
-      TrustStoreFactory.reset();
+      TrustStoreFactory.removeAllHandlers();
     } catch (iaik.server.ConfigurationException e) {
       throw new ConfigurationException("config.08", null, e);
     } catch (Throwable t) {
diff --git a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/PKIConfigurationImpl.java b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/PKIConfigurationImpl.java
index 0703cd326..1c42cc4af 100644
--- a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/PKIConfigurationImpl.java
+++ b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/PKIConfigurationImpl.java
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ import iaik.pki.pathvalidation.ValidationConfiguration;
 import iaik.pki.revocation.RevocationConfiguration;
 import iaik.pki.store.certstore.CertStoreConfiguration;
 import iaik.pki.store.revocation.archive.ArchiveConfiguration;
-
-import at.gv.egovernment.moa.util.BoolUtils;
-
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.config.ConfigurationProvider;
 
 /**
@@ -35,19 +32,17 @@ public class PKIConfigurationImpl implements PKIConfiguration {
    * the configuration data contained in this object.
    */
   public PKIConfigurationImpl(ConfigurationProvider config) {
-    String archiveInfo;
 
     this.certStoreConfiguration = new CertStoreConfigurationImpl(config);
-
     this.revocationConfiguration = new RevocationConfigurationImpl(config);
 
-    archiveInfo =
-      config.getGenericConfiguration(
-        ConfigurationProvider.ARCHIVE_REVOCATION_INFO_PROPERTY,
-        "false");
-    if (archiveInfo != null && BoolUtils.valueOf(archiveInfo)) {
+    boolean archiveInfo = config.getEnableRevocationArchiving();
+    if (archiveInfo) 
+    {
       this.archiveConfiguration = new ArchiveConfigurationImpl(config);
-    } else {
+    } 
+    else
+    {
       this.archiveConfiguration = null;
     }
 
diff --git a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/RevocationConfigurationImpl.java b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/RevocationConfigurationImpl.java
index 466234a11..bccb04a09 100644
--- a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/RevocationConfigurationImpl.java
+++ b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/config/RevocationConfigurationImpl.java
@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
 package at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.iaik.config;
 
+import iaik.pki.revocation.RevocationConfiguration;
+
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
 import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import iaik.pki.revocation.RevocationConfiguration;
-
-import at.gv.egovernment.moa.util.BoolUtils;
-
-import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.config.DistributionPoint;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.config.ConfigurationProvider;
 
 /**
@@ -40,34 +35,19 @@ public class RevocationConfigurationImpl
   }
 
   /**
-   * @see iaik.pki.revocation.RevocationConfiguration#getAlternativeDistributionPoints(java.security.cert.X509Certificate, java.util.Date)
+   * @see iaik.pki.revocation.RevocationConfiguration#getAlternativeDistributionPoints
    */
-  public Set getAlternativeDistributionPoints(
-    X509Certificate cert,
-    Date date) {
-
-    Set configuredPoints = config.getCRLDP(cert);
-    Set distributionPoints = new HashSet();
-    Iterator iter;
-
-    for (iter = configuredPoints.iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
-      DistributionPoint dp = (DistributionPoint) iter.next();
-      distributionPoints.add(new CRLDistributionPointAdapter(dp));
-    }
-
-    return distributionPoints;
+  public Set getAlternativeDistributionPoints(X509Certificate cert, X509Certificate issuer, Date date) 
+  {
+    return config.getDistributionPoints(cert);
   }
 
   /**
    * @see iaik.pki.revocation.RevocationConfiguration#archiveRevocationInfo(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
    */
-  public boolean archiveRevocationInfo(String type, String uri) {
-    String info =
-      config.getGenericConfiguration(
-        ConfigurationProvider.ARCHIVE_REVOCATION_INFO_PROPERTY,
-        "false");
-    
-    return info != null ? BoolUtils.valueOf(info) : false;
+  public boolean archiveRevocationInfo(String type, String uri) 
+  {
+    return config.getEnableRevocationArchiving();
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/pki/PKIProfileImpl.java b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/pki/PKIProfileImpl.java
index c204eface..76f03ae07 100644
--- a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/pki/PKIProfileImpl.java
+++ b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/pki/PKIProfileImpl.java
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ import iaik.pki.PKIProfile;
 import iaik.pki.pathvalidation.ValidationProfile;
 import iaik.pki.revocation.RevocationProfile;
 import iaik.pki.store.truststore.TrustStoreProfile;
-
-import at.gv.egovernment.moa.util.BoolUtils;
-
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.MOAApplicationException;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.config.ConfigurationProvider;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.iaik.pki.pathvalidation.ValidationProfileImpl;
@@ -54,14 +51,9 @@ public class PKIProfileImpl implements PKIProfile {
   /**
    * @see iaik.pki.PKIProfile#autoAddCertificates()
    */
-  public boolean autoAddCertificates() {
-    String boolStr =
-      config.getGenericConfiguration(
-        ConfigurationProvider.AUTO_ADD_CERTIFICATES_PROPERTY,
-        "true");
-    boolean boolValue = BoolUtils.valueOf(boolStr);
-
-    return useAuthorityInfoAccess() ? true : boolValue;
+  public boolean autoAddCertificates() 
+  {
+    return useAuthorityInfoAccess() ? true : config.getAutoAddCertificates();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -116,12 +108,9 @@ public class PKIProfileImpl implements PKIProfile {
   /**
    * @see iaik.pki.PKIProfile#useAuthorityInfoAccess()
    */
-  public boolean useAuthorityInfoAccess() {
-    String boolStr =
-      config.getGenericConfiguration(
-        ConfigurationProvider.USE_AUTHORITY_INFO_ACCESS_PROPERTY,
-        "true");
-    return BoolUtils.valueOf(boolStr);
+  public boolean useAuthorityInfoAccess() 
+  {
+    return config.getUseAuthorityInfoAccess();
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/pki/pathvalidation/ValidationProfileImpl.java b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/pki/pathvalidation/ValidationProfileImpl.java
index a2e3d6766..a4d7ea7fa 100644
--- a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/pki/pathvalidation/ValidationProfileImpl.java
+++ b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/pki/pathvalidation/ValidationProfileImpl.java
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@ package at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.iaik.pki.pathvalidation;
 
 import iaik.pki.pathvalidation.ValidationProfile;
 
-import at.gv.egovernment.moa.util.BoolUtils;
-
-import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.config.ConfigurationProvider;
-
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.config.ConfigurationProvider;
+
 /**
  * An implementation of the <code>ValidationProfile</code> interface providing
  * information about certificat path validation. 
@@ -101,13 +99,9 @@ public class ValidationProfileImpl implements ValidationProfile {
   /**
    * @see iaik.pki.pathvalidation.ValidationProfile#getRevocationChecking()
    */
-  public boolean getRevocationChecking() {
-    String checkingStr =
-      config.getGenericConfiguration(
-        ConfigurationProvider.REVOCATION_CHECKING_PROPERTY,
-        "true");
-
-    return BoolUtils.valueOf(checkingStr);
+  public boolean getRevocationChecking() 
+  {
+    return config.getEnableRevocationChecking();
   }
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/pki/revocation/RevocationProfileImpl.java b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/pki/revocation/RevocationProfileImpl.java
index 186d24934..164ae8a75 100644
--- a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/pki/revocation/RevocationProfileImpl.java
+++ b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/pki/revocation/RevocationProfileImpl.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.config.ConfigurationProvider;
 public class RevocationProfileImpl implements RevocationProfile {
   /** The default service order. */
   private static final String[] DEFAULT_SERVICE_ORDER =
-    { RevocationSourceTypes.CRL };
+    { RevocationSourceTypes.OCSP, RevocationSourceTypes.CRL };
   /** The <code>ConfigurationProvider</code> to read the MOA configuration data
    * from. */
   private ConfigurationProvider config;
@@ -38,14 +38,9 @@ public class RevocationProfileImpl implements RevocationProfile {
   /**
    * @see iaik.pki.revocation.RevocationProfile#getMaxRevocationAge(String)
    */
-  public long getMaxRevocationAge(String distributionPointUri) {
-    String maxRevocationAgeStr =
-      config.getGenericConfiguration(
-        ConfigurationProvider.MAX_REVOCATION_AGE_PROPERTY,
-        "0");
-    long revocationAge = Long.parseLong(maxRevocationAgeStr);
-
-    return revocationAge;
+  public long getMaxRevocationAge(String distributionPointUri) 
+  {
+    return config.getMaxRevocationAge();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -58,8 +53,11 @@ public class RevocationProfileImpl implements RevocationProfile {
   /**
    * @see iaik.pki.revocation.RevocationProfile#getPreferredServiceOrder(java.security.cert.X509Certificate)
    */
-  public String[] getPreferredServiceOrder(X509Certificate cert) {
-    return DEFAULT_SERVICE_ORDER;
+  public String[] getPreferredServiceOrder(X509Certificate cert) 
+  {
+    String[] serviceOrder = config.getServiceOrder();
+    if (serviceOrder == null || serviceOrder.length == 0) return DEFAULT_SERVICE_ORDER; 
+    return serviceOrder;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/pki/store/truststore/TrustStoreProfileImpl.java b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/pki/store/truststore/TrustStoreProfileImpl.java
index 8a1161b95..37ded77e6 100644
--- a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/pki/store/truststore/TrustStoreProfileImpl.java
+++ b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/iaik/pki/store/truststore/TrustStoreProfileImpl.java
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ public class TrustStoreProfileImpl implements TrustStoreProfile {
 
   /** The observers of this profile. */
   private List observers = new ArrayList();
+  
+  /**
+   * The trust profile identifier. 
+   */
+  private String id_;
+  
   /** The type of the trust profile. */
   private String type;
   /** The URI of the trust profile.*/
@@ -46,13 +52,15 @@ public class TrustStoreProfileImpl implements TrustStoreProfile {
     throws MOAApplicationException {
 
     TrustProfile tp = (TrustProfile) config.getTrustProfile(trustProfileId);
-    if (tp != null) {
+    if (tp != null) 
+    {
+      id_ = trustProfileId;
       setURI(tp.getUri());
       setType(TrustStoreTypes.DIRECTORY);
-    } else {
-      throw new MOAApplicationException(
-        "2203",
-        new Object[] { trustProfileId });
+    } 
+    else 
+    {
+      throw new MOAApplicationException("2203", new Object[] { trustProfileId });
     }
   }
 
@@ -116,4 +124,12 @@ public class TrustStoreProfileImpl implements TrustStoreProfile {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @see iaik.pki.store.truststore.TrustStoreProfile#getId()
+   */
+  public String getId()
+  {
+    return id_;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/invoke/XMLSignatureCreationInvoker.java b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/invoke/XMLSignatureCreationInvoker.java
index 15e5955aa..fd207ddea 100644
--- a/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/invoke/XMLSignatureCreationInvoker.java
+++ b/spss.server/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/spss/server/invoke/XMLSignatureCreationInvoker.java
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 package at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.invoke;
 
-import java.text.ParseException;
+import iaik.IAIKException;
+import iaik.IAIKRuntimeException;
+import iaik.server.modules.xml.DataObject;
+import iaik.server.modules.xml.XMLDataObject;
+import iaik.server.modules.xml.XMLSignature;
+import iaik.server.modules.xmlsign.XMLSignatureCreationModule;
+import iaik.server.modules.xmlsign.XMLSignatureCreationModuleFactory;
+import iaik.server.modules.xmlsign.XMLSignatureCreationProfile;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -14,22 +22,9 @@ import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
 import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
 
-import iaik.IAIKException;
-import iaik.IAIKRuntimeException;
-import iaik.server.modules.xml.DataObject;
-import iaik.server.modules.xml.XMLDataObject;
-import iaik.server.modules.xml.XMLSignature;
-import iaik.server.modules.xmlsign.XMLSignatureCreationModule;
-import iaik.server.modules.xmlsign.XMLSignatureCreationModuleFactory;
-import iaik.server.modules.xmlsign.XMLSignatureCreationProfile;
-
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.logging.Logger;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.logging.LoggingContext;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.logging.LoggingContextManager;
-import at.gv.egovernment.moa.util.Constants;
-import at.gv.egovernment.moa.util.DateTimeUtils;
-import at.gv.egovernment.moa.util.XPathUtils;
-
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.MOAApplicationException;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.MOAException;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.MOASystemException;
@@ -44,13 +39,14 @@ import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.api.xmlsign.CreateXMLSignatureResponse;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.api.xmlsign.DataObjectInfo;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.api.xmlsign.SingleSignatureInfo;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.config.ConfigurationProvider;
-import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.iaik.xml.SigningTimeImpl;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.iaik.xml.XMLDataObjectImpl;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.logging.IaikLog;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.logging.TransactionId;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.transaction.TransactionContext;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.transaction.TransactionContextManager;
 import at.gv.egovernment.moa.spss.server.util.IdGenerator;
+import at.gv.egovernment.moa.util.Constants;
+import at.gv.egovernment.moa.util.XPathUtils;
 
 /**
  * A class providing an API based interface to the
@@ -542,21 +538,6 @@ public class XMLSignatureCreationInvoker {
       TransactionContextManager.getInstance().getTransactionContext();
     ConfigurationProvider config = context.getConfiguration();
     List additionalSignedProperties = Collections.EMPTY_LIST;
-    String testSigningTime =
-      config.getGenericConfiguration(
-        ConfigurationProvider.TEST_SIGNING_TIME_PROPERTY);
-
-    if (testSigningTime != null) {
-      try {
-        SigningTimeImpl signingTime =
-          new SigningTimeImpl(DateTimeUtils.parseDateTime(testSigningTime));
-        additionalSignedProperties = new ArrayList();
-        additionalSignedProperties.add(signingTime);
-      } catch (ParseException e) {
-        // if we fail here, the signing time will simply not be added to
-        // the list of signed properties
-      }
-    }
 
     return additionalSignedProperties;
   }