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public class CertPathValidator
extends Object

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Modifier	Constructor and Description
  protected	CertPathValidator(CertPathValidatorSpi validatorSpi, Provider provider, String algorithm) Creates a new CertPathValidator instance.

• Method Summary

  Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  String	getAlgorithm() Returns the certification path algorithm name.
  static String	getDefaultType() Returns the default CertPathValidator type from the Security Properties.
  static CertPathValidator	getInstance(String algorithm) Returns a new certification path validator for the specified algorithm.
  static CertPathValidator	getInstance(String algorithm, Provider provider) Returns a new certification path validator for the specified algorithm from the specified provider.
  static CertPathValidator	getInstance(String algorithm, String provider) Returns a new certification path validator for the specified algorithm from the specified provider.
  Provider	getProvider() Returns the security provider.
  CertPathValidatorResult	validate(CertPath certPath, CertPathParameters params) Validates the CertPath with the algorithm of this CertPathValidator using the specified algorithm parameters.

  • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

• Constructor Detail

  • CertPathValidator

    protected CertPathValidator(CertPathValidatorSpi validatorSpi,
                     Provider provider,
                     String algorithm)

    Creates a new CertPathValidator instance.

    Parameters:

    validatorSpi - the implementation delegate.

    provider - the security provider.

    algorithm - the name of the algorithm.

• Method Detail

  • getAlgorithm

    public final String getAlgorithm()

    Returns the certification path algorithm name.

    Returns:

    the certification path algorithm name.

  • getProvider

    public final Provider getProvider()

    Returns the security provider.

    Returns:

    the provider.

  • getInstance

    public static CertPathValidator getInstance(String algorithm)
                                         throws NoSuchAlgorithmException

    Returns a new certification path validator for the specified algorithm.

    Parameters:

    algorithm - the algorithm name.

    Returns:

    a certification path validator for the requested algorithm.

    Throws:

    NoSuchAlgorithmException - if no installed provider provides the specified algorithm.

    NullPointerException - if algorithm is null.

  • getInstance

    public static CertPathValidator getInstance(String algorithm,
                                String provider)
                                         throws NoSuchAlgorithmException,
                                                NoSuchProviderException

    Returns a new certification path validator for the specified algorithm from the specified provider.

    Parameters:

    algorithm - the algorithm name.

    provider - the security provider name.

    Returns:

    a certification path validator for the requested algorithm.

    Throws:

    NoSuchAlgorithmException - if the specified security provider cannot provide the requested algorithm.

    NoSuchProviderException - if no provider with the specified name can be found.

    NullPointerException - if algorithm is null.

    IllegalArgumentException - if provider == null || provider.isEmpty()

  • getInstance

    public static CertPathValidator getInstance(String algorithm,
                                Provider provider)
                                         throws NoSuchAlgorithmException

    Returns a new certification path validator for the specified algorithm from the specified provider.

    Parameters:

    algorithm - the algorithm name.

    provider - the security provider name.

    Returns:

    a certification path validator for the requested algorithm.

    Throws:

    NoSuchAlgorithmException - if the specified provider cannot provide the requested algorithm.

    IllegalArgumentException - if provider == null

    NullPointerException - if algorithm is null.

  • validate

    public final CertPathValidatorResult validate(CertPath certPath,
                                   CertPathParameters params)
                                           throws CertPathValidatorException,
                                                  InvalidAlgorithmParameterException

    Validates the CertPath with the algorithm of this CertPathValidator using the specified algorithm parameters.

    Parameters:

    certPath - the certification path to be validated.

    params - the certification path validator algorithm parameters.

    Returns:

    the validation result.

    Throws:

    CertPathValidatorException - if the validation fails, or the algorithm of the specified certification path cannot be validated using the algorithm of this instance.

    InvalidAlgorithmParameterException - if the specified algorithm parameters cannot be used with this algorithm.

    See Also:

    CertPathValidatorResult

  • getDefaultType

    public static final String getDefaultType()

    Returns the default CertPathValidator type from the Security Properties.

    Returns:

    the default CertPathValidator type from the Security Properties, or the string "PKIX" if it cannot be determined.