org.bouncycastle.jcajce.provider.asymmetric.x509

Class CertificateFactory

java.lang.Object

java.security.cert.CertificateFactorySpi

org.bouncycastle.jcajce.provider.asymmetric.x509.CertificateFactory

public class CertificateFactory
extends CertificateFactorySpi

class for dealing with X509 certificates.

At the moment this will deal with "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----" to "-----END CERTIFICATE-----" base 64 encoded certs, as well as the BER binaries of certificates and some classes of PKCS#7 objects.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CertificateFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected CRL	createCRL(CertificateList c)
Certificate	engineGenerateCertificate(InputStream in) Generates a certificate object and initializes it with the data read from the input stream inStream.
Collection	engineGenerateCertificates(InputStream inStream) Returns a (possibly empty) collection view of the certificates read from the given input stream inStream.
CertPath	engineGenerateCertPath(InputStream inStream) Generates a CertPath from the provided InputStream.
CertPath	engineGenerateCertPath(InputStream inStream, String encoding) Generates a CertPath (a certificate chain) from the given inputStream, assuming the given encoding from CertificateFactorySpi.engineGetCertPathEncodings().
CertPath	engineGenerateCertPath(List certificates) Generates a CertPath from the provided list of certificates.
CRL	engineGenerateCRL(InputStream inStream) Generates a certificate revocation list (CRL) object and initializes it with the data read from the input stream inStream.
Collection	engineGenerateCRLs(InputStream inStream) Returns a (possibly empty) collection view of the CRLs read from the given input stream inStream.
Iterator	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

CertificateFactory

public CertificateFactory()

Method Detail

createCRL

protected CRL createCRL(CertificateList c)
                 throws CRLException

Throws:

CRLException

engineGenerateCertificate

public Certificate engineGenerateCertificate(InputStream in)
                                      throws CertificateException

Generates a certificate object and initializes it with the data read from the input stream inStream.

Specified by:

engineGenerateCertificate in class CertificateFactorySpi

Parameters:

in - 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 Collection engineGenerateCertificates(InputStream inStream)
                                      throws CertificateException

Returns a (possibly empty) collection view of the certificates read from the given input stream inStream.

Specified by:

engineGenerateCertificates in class CertificateFactorySpi

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 CRL engineGenerateCRL(InputStream inStream)
                      throws CRLException

Generates a certificate revocation list (CRL) object and initializes it with the data read from the input stream inStream.

Specified by:

engineGenerateCRL in class CertificateFactorySpi

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 Collection engineGenerateCRLs(InputStream inStream)
                              throws CRLException

Returns a (possibly empty) collection view of the CRLs read from the given input stream inStream. The inStream may contain a sequence of DER-encoded CRLs, or a PKCS#7 CRL set. This is a PKCS#7 SignedData object, with the only signficant field being crls. In particular the signature and the contents are ignored.

Specified by:

engineGenerateCRLs in class CertificateFactorySpi

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.

engineGetCertPathEncodings

public Iterator engineGetCertPathEncodings()

Description copied from class: CertificateFactorySpi

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

Overrides:

engineGetCertPathEncodings in class CertificateFactorySpi

Returns:

an iterator over supported CertPath encodings (as Strings).

engineGenerateCertPath

public CertPath engineGenerateCertPath(InputStream inStream)
                                throws CertificateException

Description copied from class: CertificateFactorySpi

Generates a CertPath from the provided InputStream. The default encoding scheme is applied.

Overrides:

engineGenerateCertPath in class CertificateFactorySpi

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

Description copied from class: CertificateFactorySpi

Generates a CertPath (a certificate chain) from the given inputStream, assuming the given encoding from CertificateFactorySpi.engineGetCertPathEncodings().

Overrides:

engineGenerateCertPath in class CertificateFactorySpi

Throws:

CertificateException - if parsing problems are detected.

engineGenerateCertPath

public CertPath engineGenerateCertPath(List certificates)
                                throws CertificateException

Description copied from class: CertificateFactorySpi

Generates a CertPath from the provided list of certificates. The encoding is the default encoding.

Overrides:

engineGenerateCertPath in class CertificateFactorySpi

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.