Index: jackrabbit-core/src/test/repository/repository.xml
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--- jackrabbit-core/src/test/repository/repository.xml	(revision 1483316)
+++ jackrabbit-core/src/test/repository/repository.xml	(working copy)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         data store configuration
     -->
     <DataStore class="org.apache.jackrabbit.core.data.FileDataStore">
-        <param name="secret" value="a very well kept secret"/>
+        <param name="referenceKey" value="test-value"/>
     </DataStore>
     <!--
         sample database data store configuration
Index: jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/data/AbstractDataStore.java
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--- jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/data/AbstractDataStore.java	(revision 1483316)
+++ jackrabbit-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/data/AbstractDataStore.java	(working copy)
@@ -28,12 +28,16 @@
      */
     private static final char[] HEX = "0123456789abcdef".toCharArray();
 
-    private String secret;
+    private String referenceKey;
 
-    public void setSecret(String secret) {
-        this.secret = secret;
+    public String getReferenceKey() {
+        return referenceKey;
     }
 
+    public void setReferenceKey(String referenceKey) {
+        this.referenceKey = referenceKey;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the hex encoding of the given bytes.
      *
@@ -66,12 +70,13 @@
     //---------------------------------------------------------< protected >--
 
     protected String getReferenceFromIdentifier(DataIdentifier identifier) {
-        if (secret != null) {
+        String key = getReferenceKey();
+        if (key!= null) {
             try {
                 String id = identifier.toString();
 
                 Mac mac = Mac.getInstance(ALGORITHM);
-                mac.init(new SecretKeySpec(secret.getBytes("UTF-8"), ALGORITHM));
+                mac.init(new SecretKeySpec(key.getBytes("UTF-8"), ALGORITHM));
                 byte[] hash = mac.doFinal(id.getBytes("UTF-8"));
 
                 return id + ':' + encodeHexString(hash);