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java.lang.Object | +--java.security.cert.CertificateFactorySpi
This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI)
for the CertificateFactory
class.
All the abstract methods in this class must be implemented by each
cryptographic service provider who wishes to supply the implementation
of a certificate factory for a particular certificate type, e.g., X.509.
Certificate factories are used to generate certificate, certification path
(CertPath
) and certificate revocation list (CRL) objects from
their encodings.
A certificate factory for X.509 must return certificates that are an
instance of java.security.cert.X509Certificate
, and CRLs
that are an instance of java.security.cert.X509CRL
.
CertificateFactory
,
Certificate
,
X509Certificate
,
CertPath
,
CRL
,
X509CRL
Constructor Summary | |
CertificateFactorySpi()
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Method Summary | |
abstract Certificate |
engineGenerateCertificate(InputStream inStream)
Generates a certificate object and initializes it with the data read from the input stream inStream . |
abstract Collection |
engineGenerateCertificates(InputStream inStream)
Returns a (possibly empty) collection view of the certificates read from the given input stream inStream . |
CertPath |
engineGenerateCertPath(InputStream inStream)
Generates a CertPath object and initializes it with
the data read from the InputStream inStream. |
CertPath |
engineGenerateCertPath(InputStream inStream,
String encoding)
Generates a CertPath object and initializes it with
the data read from the InputStream inStream. |
CertPath |
engineGenerateCertPath(List certificates)
Generates a CertPath object and initializes it with
a List of Certificate s. |
abstract CRL |
engineGenerateCRL(InputStream inStream)
Generates a certificate revocation list (CRL) object and initializes it with the data read from the input stream inStream . |
abstract Collection |
engineGenerateCRLs(InputStream inStream)
Returns a (possibly empty) collection view of the CRLs read from the given input stream inStream . |
Iterator |
engineGetCertPathEncodings()
Returns an iteration of the CertPath encodings supported
by this certificate factory, with the default encoding first. |
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait |
Constructor Detail |
public CertificateFactorySpi()
Method Detail |
public abstract Certificate engineGenerateCertificate(InputStream inStream) throws CertificateException
inStream
.
In order to take advantage of the specialized certificate format
supported by this certificate factory,
the returned certificate object can be typecast to the corresponding
certificate class. For example, if this certificate
factory implements X.509 certificates, the returned certificate object
can be typecast to the X509Certificate
class.
In the case of a certificate factory for X.509 certificates, the
certificate provided in inStream
must be DER-encoded and
may be supplied in binary or printable (Base64) encoding. If the
certificate is provided in Base64 encoding, it must be bounded at
the beginning by -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----, and must be bounded at
the end by -----END CERTIFICATE-----.
Note that if the given input stream does not support
mark
and
reset
, this method will
consume the entire input stream. Otherwise, each call to this
method consumes one certificate and the read position of the input stream
is positioned to the next available byte after the the inherent
end-of-certificate marker. If the data in the
input stream does not contain an inherent end-of-certificate marker (other
than EOF) and there is trailing data after the certificate is parsed, a
CertificateException
is thrown.
inStream
- an input stream with the certificate data.
CertificateException
- on parsing errors.public CertPath engineGenerateCertPath(InputStream inStream) throws CertificateException
CertPath
object and initializes it with
the data read from the InputStream
inStream. The data
is assumed to be in the default encoding.
inStream
- an InputStream
containing the data
CertPath
initialized with the data from the
InputStream
CertificateException
- if an exception occurs while decodingpublic CertPath engineGenerateCertPath(InputStream inStream, String encoding) throws CertificateException
CertPath
object and initializes it with
the data read from the InputStream
inStream. The data
is assumed to be in the specified encoding.
This method was added to version 1.4 of the Java 2 Platform
Standard Edition. In order to maintain backwards compatibility with
existing service providers, this method cannot be abstract
and by default throws an UnsupportedOperationException
.
inStream
- an InputStream
containing the dataencoding
- the encoding used for the data
CertPath
initialized with the data from the
InputStream
CertificateException
- if an exception occurs while decoding or
the encoding requested is not supported
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the method is not supportedpublic CertPath engineGenerateCertPath(List certificates) throws CertificateException
CertPath
object and initializes it with
a List
of Certificate
s.
The certificates supplied must be of a type supported by the
CertificateFactory
. They will be copied out of the supplied
List
object.
This method was added to version 1.4 of the Java 2 Platform
Standard Edition. In order to maintain backwards compatibility with
existing service providers, this method cannot be abstract
and by default throws an UnsupportedOperationException
.
certificates
- a List
of Certificate
s
CertPath
initialized with the supplied list of
certificates
CertificateException
- if an exception occurs
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the method is not supportedpublic Iterator engineGetCertPathEncodings()
CertPath
encodings supported
by this certificate factory, with the default encoding first. See
Appendix A in the
Java Certification Path API Programmer's Guide
for information about standard encoding names.
Attempts to modify the returned Iterator
via its
remove
method result in an
UnsupportedOperationException
.
This method was added to version 1.4 of the Java 2 Platform
Standard Edition. In order to maintain backwards compatibility with
existing service providers, this method cannot be abstract
and by default throws an UnsupportedOperationException
.
Iterator
over the names of the supported
CertPath
encodings (as String
s)
UnsupportedOperationException
- if the method is not supportedpublic abstract Collection engineGenerateCertificates(InputStream inStream) throws CertificateException
inStream
.
In order to take advantage of the specialized certificate format
supported by this certificate factory, each element in
the returned collection view can be typecast to the corresponding
certificate class. For example, if this certificate
factory implements X.509 certificates, the elements in the returned
collection can be typecast to the X509Certificate
class.
In the case of a certificate factory for X.509 certificates,
inStream
may contain a single DER-encoded certificate
in the formats described for
generateCertificate
.
In addition, inStream
may contain a PKCS#7 certificate
chain. This is a PKCS#7 SignedData object, with the only
significant field being certificates. In particular, the
signature and the contents are ignored. This format allows multiple
certificates to be downloaded at once. If no certificates are present,
an empty collection is returned.
Note that if the given input stream does not support
mark
and
reset
, this method will
consume the entire input stream.
inStream
- the input stream with the certificates.
CertificateException
- on parsing errors.public abstract CRL engineGenerateCRL(InputStream inStream) throws CRLException
inStream
.
In order to take advantage of the specialized CRL format
supported by this certificate factory,
the returned CRL object can be typecast to the corresponding
CRL class. For example, if this certificate
factory implements X.509 CRLs, the returned CRL object
can be typecast to the X509CRL
class.
Note that if the given input stream does not support
mark
and
reset
, this method will
consume the entire input stream. Otherwise, each call to this
method consumes one CRL and the read position of the input stream
is positioned to the next available byte after the the inherent
end-of-CRL marker. If the data in the
input stream does not contain an inherent end-of-CRL marker (other
than EOF) and there is trailing data after the CRL is parsed, a
CRLException
is thrown.
inStream
- an input stream with the CRL data.
CRLException
- on parsing errors.public abstract Collection engineGenerateCRLs(InputStream inStream) throws CRLException
inStream
.
In order to take advantage of the specialized CRL format
supported by this certificate factory, each element in
the returned collection view can be typecast to the corresponding
CRL class. For example, if this certificate
factory implements X.509 CRLs, the elements in the returned
collection can be typecast to the X509CRL
class.
In the case of a certificate factory for X.509 CRLs,
inStream
may contain a single DER-encoded CRL.
In addition, inStream
may contain a PKCS#7 CRL
set. This is a PKCS#7 SignedData object, with the only
significant field being crls. In particular, the
signature and the contents are ignored. This format allows multiple
CRLs to be downloaded at once. If no CRLs are present,
an empty collection is returned.
Note that if the given input stream does not support
mark
and
reset
, this method will
consume the entire input stream.
inStream
- the input stream with the CRLs.
CRLException
- on parsing errors.
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