Package java.security.cert

Class CertificateFactorySpi

java.lang.Object
java.security.cert.CertificateFactorySpi
Direct Known Subclasses:
CertificateFactory, OpenSSLX509CertificateFactory, X509CertFactoryImpl
public abstract class CertificateFactorySpi
extends Object
This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the CertificateFactory class. This SPI must be implemented for each certificate type a security provider wishes to support.

  • Constructor Details

    • CertificateFactorySpi

      public CertificateFactorySpi()
      Constructs a new instance of this class.

  • Method Details

    • engineGenerateCertificate

      public abstract Certificate engineGenerateCertificate​(InputStream inStream) throws CertificateException
      Generates and initializes a Certificate from the provided input stream.
      Parameters:
      inStream - the stream from which the data is read to create the certificate.
      Returns:
      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 the provided input stream.
      Parameters:
      inStream - the stream from where data is read to create the certificates.
      Returns:
      a 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 (CRL) from the provided input stream.
      Parameters:
      inStream - the stream from where data is read to create the CRL.
      Returns:
      an CRL instance.
      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 (CRL) from the provided input stream.
      Parameters:
      inStream - the stream from which the data is read to create the CRLs.
      Returns:
      a collection of CRLs.
      Throws:
      CRLException - if parsing problems are detected.

    • engineGenerateCertPath

      public CertPath engineGenerateCertPath​(InputStream inStream) throws CertificateException
      Generates a CertPath from the provided InputStream. The default encoding scheme is applied.
      Parameters:
      inStream - an input stream with encoded data.
      Returns:
      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 (a certificate chain) from the given inputStream, assuming the given encoding from engineGetCertPathEncodings().
      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 - the list containing certificates in a format supported by the CertificateFactory.
      Returns:
      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:
      an iterator over supported CertPath encodings (as Strings).