com.itextpdf.signatures.validation

Class CertificateChainValidator

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.signatures.validation.CertificateChainValidator

public class CertificateChainValidator
extends Object

Validator class, which is expected to be used for certificates chain validation.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	CertificateChainValidator(ValidatorChainBuilder builder) Create new instance of CertificateChainValidator.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ValidationReport	validate(ValidationReport result, ValidationContext context, X509Certificate certificate, Date validationDate) Validate given certificate using provided validation date and required extensions.
ValidationReport	validateCertificate(ValidationContext context, X509Certificate certificate, Date validationDate) Validate given certificate using provided validation date and required extensions.
protected void	validateNameConstraints(ValidationReport report, List<X509Certificate> previousCertificates, X509Certificate trustedCertificate) Validates name constraint extension for complete certificate chain.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CertificateChainValidator

protected CertificateChainValidator(ValidatorChainBuilder builder)

Create new instance of CertificateChainValidator.

Parameters:

builder - See ValidatorChainBuilder

Method Detail

validateCertificate

public ValidationReport validateCertificate(ValidationContext context,
                                            X509Certificate certificate,
                                            Date validationDate)

Validate given certificate using provided validation date and required extensions.

Parameters:

context - the validation context in which to validate the certificate chain

certificate - X509Certificate to be validated

validationDate - Date against which certificate is expected to be validated. Usually signing date

Returns:

ValidationReport which contains detailed validation results.

validate

public ValidationReport validate(ValidationReport result,
                                 ValidationContext context,
                                 X509Certificate certificate,
                                 Date validationDate)

Validate given certificate using provided validation date and required extensions. Result is added into provided report.

Parameters:

result - ValidationReport which is populated with detailed validation results

context - the context in which to perform the validation

certificate - X509Certificate to be validated

validationDate - Date against which certificate is expected to be validated. Usually signing date

Returns:

ValidationReport which contains both provided and new validation results.

validateNameConstraints

protected void validateNameConstraints(ValidationReport report,
                                       List<X509Certificate> previousCertificates,
                                       X509Certificate trustedCertificate)

Validates name constraint extension for complete certificate chain.

Parameters:

report - ValidationReport which is populated with detailed validation results

previousCertificates - List of X509Certificate, which represent a complete chain, without a trusted root. List starts with a signing certificate.

trustedCertificate - X509Certificate trusted root of this chain