java.security.cert

Class CertStoreSpi

java.lang.Object

java.security.cert.CertStoreSpi

public abstract class CertStoreSpi
extends Object

The service provider interface (SPI) for the CertStore class.

Providers wishing to implement a CertStore must subclass this class, implementing all the abstract methods. Providers may also implement the CertStoreParameters interface, if they require parameters.

Since:

1.4

See Also:

CertStore, CollectionCertStoreParameters, LDAPCertStoreParameters

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CertStoreSpi(CertStoreParameters params) Creates a new CertStoreSpi.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract Collection<? extends Certificate>	engineGetCertificates(CertSelector selector) Get the certificates from this store, filtering them through the specified CertSelector.
abstract Collection<? extends CRL>	engineGetCRLs(CRLSelector selector) Get the certificate revocation list from this store, filtering them through the specified CRLSelector.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CertStoreSpi

public CertStoreSpi(CertStoreParameters params)
             throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException

Creates a new CertStoreSpi.

Parameters:

params - The parameters to initialize this instance with, or null if no parameters are required.

Throws:

InvalidAlgorithmParameterException - If the specified parameters are inappropriate for this class.

Method Detail

engineGetCertificates

public abstract Collection<? extends Certificate> engineGetCertificates(CertSelector selector)
                                                                 throws CertStoreException

Get the certificates from this store, filtering them through the specified CertSelector.

Parameters:

selector - The CertSelector to filter certificates.

Returns:

A (non-null) collection of certificates.

Throws:

CertStoreException - If the certificates cannot be retrieved.

engineGetCRLs

public abstract Collection<? extends CRL> engineGetCRLs(CRLSelector selector)
                                                 throws CertStoreException

Get the certificate revocation list from this store, filtering them through the specified CRLSelector.

Parameters:

selector - The CRLSelector to filter certificate revocation lists.

Returns:

A (non-null) collection of certificate revocation list.

Throws:

CertStoreException - If the CRLs cannot be retrieved.