gcc/libjava/classpath/java/security/cert/CertificateFactorySpi.java
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/* CertificateFactorySpi.java --- Certificate Factory Class
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package java.security.cert;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
/**
CertificateFactorySpi is the abstract class Service Provider
Interface (SPI) for the CertificateFactory class. A provider
must implement all the abstract methods if they wish to
supply a certificate factory for a particular certificate
type. Ex: X.509
Certificate factories are used to generate certificates and
certificate revocation lists (CRL) from their encoding.
@since 1.2
@author Mark Benvenuto
*/
public abstract class CertificateFactorySpi
{
// Constructor.
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Constructs a new CertificateFactorySpi
*/
public CertificateFactorySpi()
{}
// Abstract methods.
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
Generates a Certificate based on the encoded data read
from the InputStream.
The input stream must contain only one certificate.
If there exists a specialized certificate class for the
certificate format handled by the certificate factory
then the return Ceritificate should be a typecast of it.
Ex: A X.509 CertificateFactory should return X509Certificate.
For X.509 certificates, the certificate in inStream must be
DER encoded and supplied in binary or printable (Base64)
encoding. If the certificate is in Base64 encoding, it must be
bounded by -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----, and
-----END CERTIFICATE-----.
@param inStream an input stream containing the certificate data
@return a certificate initialized with InputStream data.
@throws CertificateException Certificate parsing error
*/
public abstract Certificate engineGenerateCertificate(InputStream inStream)
throws CertificateException;
/**
Returns a collection of certificates that were read from the
input stream. It may be empty, have only one, or have
multiple certificates.
For a X.509 certificate factory, the stream may contain a
single DER encoded certificate or a PKCS#7 certificate
chain. This is a PKCS#7 <I>SignedData</I> object with the
most significant field being <I>certificates</I>. If no
CRLs are present, then an empty collection is returned.
@param inStream an input stream containing the certificates
@return a collection of certificates initialized with
the InputStream data.
@throws CertificateException Certificate parsing error
*/
public abstract Collection<? extends Certificate> engineGenerateCertificates(InputStream inStream)
throws CertificateException;
/**
Generates a CRL based on the encoded data read
from the InputStream.
The input stream must contain only one CRL.
If there exists a specialized CRL class for the
CRL format handled by the certificate factory
then the return CRL should be a typecast of it.
Ex: A X.509 CertificateFactory should return X509CRL.
@param inStream an input stream containing the CRL data
@return a CRL initialized with InputStream data.
@throws CRLException CRL parsing error
*/
public abstract CRL engineGenerateCRL(InputStream inStream)
throws CRLException;
/**
Generates CRLs based on the encoded data read
from the InputStream.
For a X.509 certificate factory, the stream may contain a
single DER encoded CRL or a PKCS#7 CRL set. This is a
PKCS#7 <I>SignedData</I> object with the most significant
field being <I>crls</I>. If no CRLs are present, then an
empty collection is returned.
@param inStream an input stream containing the CRLs
@return a collection of CRLs initialized with
the InputStream data.
@throws CRLException CRL parsing error
*/
public abstract Collection<? extends CRL> engineGenerateCRLs(InputStream inStream)
throws CRLException;
// 1.4 instance methods.
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Generate a {@link CertPath} and initialize it with data parsed from
* the input stream. The default encoding of this factory is used.
*
* @param inStream The InputStream containing the CertPath data.
* @return A CertPath initialized from the input stream data.
* @throws CertificateException If an error occurs decoding the
* CertPath.
*/
public CertPath engineGenerateCertPath(InputStream inStream)
throws CertificateException
{
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("not implemented");
}
/**
* Generate a {@link CertPath} and initialize it with data parsed from
* the input stream, using the specified encoding.
*
* @param inStream The InputStream containing the CertPath data.
* @param encoding The encoding of the InputStream data.
* @return A CertPath initialized from the input stream data.
* @throws CertificateException If an error occurs decoding the
* CertPath.
*/
public CertPath engineGenerateCertPath(InputStream inStream, String encoding)
throws CertificateException
{
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("not implemented");
}
/**
* Generate a {@link CertPath} and initialize it with the certificates
* in the {@link java.util.List} argument.
*
* @param certificates The list of certificates with which to create
* the CertPath.
* @return A CertPath initialized from the certificates.
* @throws CertificateException If an error occurs generating the
* CertPath.
*/
public CertPath engineGenerateCertPath(List<? extends Certificate> certificates)
throws CertificateException
{
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("not implemented");
}
/**
* Returns an Iterator of CertPath encodings supported by this
* factory, with the default encoding first. The returned Iterator
* cannot be modified.
*
* @return The Iterator of supported encodings.
*/
public Iterator<String> engineGetCertPathEncodings()
{
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("not implemented");
}
}