java.security.cert
Class CertificateFactorySpi

java.lang.Object
  java.security.cert.CertificateFactorySpi

public abstract class CertificateFactorySpi
extends Object

This class is a Service Provider Interface (therefore the Spi suffix) for certificate factories to be supplied by providers.

Constructor Summary

CertificateFactorySpi()
Constructs a new instance of this class.

Method Summary

abstract Certificate	engineGenerateCertificate(InputStream inStream) Generates and initializes a Certificate from data from the provided input stream.
abstract Collection<? extends Certificate>	engineGenerateCertificates(InputStream inStream) Generates and initializes a collection of Certificates from data from the provided input stream.
CertPath	engineGenerateCertPath(InputStream inStream) Generates a CertPath from data from the provided InputStream.
CertPath	engineGenerateCertPath(InputStream inStream, String encoding) Generates a CertPath from data from the provided InputStream.
CertPath	engineGenerateCertPath(List<? extends Certificate> certificates) Generates a CertPath from the provided List of Certificates.
abstract CRL	engineGenerateCRL(InputStream inStream) Generates and initializes a Certificate Revocation List from data from the provided input stream.
abstract Collection<? extends CRL>	engineGenerateCRLs(InputStream inStream) Generates and initializes a collection of Certificate Revocation List from data from the provided input stream.
Iterator<String>	engineGetCertPathEncodings() Returns an Iterator over the supported CertPath encodings (as Strings).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CertificateFactorySpi

public CertificateFactorySpi()

Constructs a new instance of this class.

Method Detail

engineGenerateCertificate

public abstract Certificate engineGenerateCertificate(InputStream inStream)
                                               throws CertificateException

Generates and initializes a Certificate from data from the provided input stream.

Parameters:

inStream - InputStream Stream from where data is read to create the Certificate

Returns:

Certificate an initialized Certificate

Throws:

CertificateException - if parsing problems are detected

engineGenerateCertificates

public abstract Collection<? extends Certificate> engineGenerateCertificates(InputStream inStream)
                                                                      throws CertificateException

Generates and initializes a collection of Certificates from data from the provided input stream.

Parameters:

inStream - InputStream Stream from where data is read to create the Certificates

Returns:

Collection an initialized collection of Certificates

Throws:

CertificateException - if parsing problems are detected

engineGenerateCRL

public abstract CRL engineGenerateCRL(InputStream inStream)
                               throws CRLException

Generates and initializes a Certificate Revocation List from data from the provided input stream.

Parameters:

inStream - InputStream Stream from where data is read to create the CRL

Returns:

CRL an initialized Certificate Revocation List

Throws:

CRLException - if parsing problems are detected

engineGenerateCRLs

public abstract Collection<? extends CRL> engineGenerateCRLs(InputStream inStream)
                                                      throws CRLException

Generates and initializes a collection of Certificate Revocation List from data from the provided input stream.

Parameters:

inStream - InputStream Stream from where data is read to create the CRLs

Returns:

Collection an initialized collection of Certificate Revocation List

Throws:

CRLException - if parsing problems are detected

engineGenerateCertPath

public CertPath engineGenerateCertPath(InputStream inStream)
                                throws CertificateException

Generates a CertPath from data from the provided InputStream. The default encoding is assumed.

Parameters:

inStream - InputStream with PKCS7 or PkiPath encoded data

Returns:

CertPath a CertPath initialized from the provided data

Throws:

CertificateException - if parsing problems are detected

engineGenerateCertPath

public CertPath engineGenerateCertPath(InputStream inStream,
                                       String encoding)
                                throws CertificateException

Generates a CertPath from data from the provided InputStream. The encoding is that specified by the encoding parameter.

Parameters:

inStream - InputStream containing certificate path data in specified encoding

encoding - encoding of the data in the input stream

Returns:

CertPath a CertPath initialized from the provided data

Throws:

CertificateException - if parsing problems are detected

UnsupportedOperationException - if the provider does not implement this method

engineGenerateCertPath

public CertPath engineGenerateCertPath(List<? extends Certificate> certificates)
                                throws CertificateException

Generates a CertPath from the provided List of Certificates. The encoding is the default encoding.

Parameters:

certificates - List containing certificates in a format supported by the CertificateFactory

Returns:

CertPath a CertPath initialized from the provided data

Throws:

CertificateException - if parsing problems are detected

UnsupportedOperationException - if the provider does not implement this method

engineGetCertPathEncodings

public Iterator<String> engineGetCertPathEncodings()

Returns an Iterator over the supported CertPath encodings (as Strings). The first element is the default encoding.

Returns:

Iterator Iterator over supported CertPath encodings (as Strings)