Trouble instantiating a JavaKeyStore from file

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I'm trying to get an instance of `org.apache.ws.security.components.crypto.Merlin` using `org.apache.ws.security.components.crypto.CryptoFactory` specifically the `CryptoFactory.getInstance(properties)` method. This will consistantly throw `java.lang.RuntimeException: org.apache.ws.security.components.crypto.Merlin cannot create instance` which evantually is caused by `java.security.UnrecoverableKeyException: Password verification failed` The password on the keystore file has been checked with the keytool on the command line and is correct. the keystore is generated via the following process: Which is in the root directory of the eclipse porject. The test applciation is as follows: ``` public class App { public static void main(String[] args) throws CredentialException, IOException { System.out.println("Starting"); Properties p = new Properties(); p.setProperty("org.apache.ws.security.crypto.merlin.keystore.password", "password"); p.setProperty("org.apache.ws.security.crypto.provider"…

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After reading the comments from User I built it against a different version of the JDK/JRE and it worked, after downloading the sources for rt.java and stepping through I found that the CryptoBase class was instantiating two JavaKeyStores, the first (being my .jks file) which instantiated fine, but the second was the `cacerts` keystore in `jre\lib\security>` which did not have the default password of `changeit` which was causing the failure;

I have now changed the password on the jre keystore and I'm working fine in my original jre/jdk.

Trouble instantiating a JavaKeyStore from file

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