org.apache.harmony.security.utils

Class JarUtils

java.lang.Object

org.apache.harmony.security.utils.JarUtils

public class JarUtils
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
JarUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Certificate[]	verifySignature(InputStream signature, InputStream signatureBlock) This method handle all the work with PKCS7, ASN1 encoding, signature verifying, and certification path building.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

JarUtils

public JarUtils()

Method Detail

verifySignature

public static Certificate[] verifySignature(InputStream signature,
                                            InputStream signatureBlock)
                                     throws IOException,
                                            GeneralSecurityException

This method handle all the work with PKCS7, ASN1 encoding, signature verifying, and certification path building. See also PKCS #7: Cryptographic Message Syntax Standard: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2315.txt

Parameters:

signature - - the input stream of signature file to be verified

signatureBlock - - the input stream of corresponding signature block file

Returns:

array of certificates used to verify the signature file

Throws:

IOException - - if some errors occurs during reading from the stream

GeneralSecurityException - - if signature verification process fails