java.security.cert

Interface CertSelector

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AttributeCertificateHolder, AttributeCertificateIssuer, X509CertSelector, X509CertStoreSelector

public interface CertSelector
extends Cloneable

The interface specification to determine whether a Certificate meets some criteria.

The implementations of this interface are typically used to define the criteria for selecting Certificates from a CertStore.

See Also:

CertStore, Certificate

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	clone() Clones this CertSelector instance.
boolean	match(Certificate cert) Checks whether the defined criteria of this instance match the specified certificate.

Method Detail

clone

Object clone()

Clones this CertSelector instance.

Returns:

the cloned instance.

match

boolean match(Certificate cert)

Checks whether the defined criteria of this instance match the specified certificate.

Parameters:

cert - the certificate to be evaluated.

Returns:

true if the certificate matches the criteria, false otherwise.