CertStore JDK 1.6)

publicfinal Collection<Certificate> getCertificates (CertSelector selector) throws CertStoreException

Returns a Collection of Certificates that match the specified selector.

Returns a Collection of Certificates that match the specified selector. If no Certificates match the selector, an empty Collection will be returned.

For some CertStore types, the resulting Collection may not contain all of the Certificates that match the selector. For instance, an LDAP CertStore may not search all entries in the directory. Instead, it may just search entries that are likely to contain the Certificates it is looking for.

Some CertStore implementations (especially LDAP CertStores) may throw a CertStoreException unless a non-null CertSelector is provided that includes specific criteria that can be used to find the certificates. Issuer and/or subject names are especially useful criteria.
Returns: A Collection of Certificates that match the specified selector (never null)
Parameters:
- selector - A CertSelector used to select which Certificates should be returned. Specify null to return all Certificates (if supported).
Throws:
- CertStoreException - if an exception occurs

publicfinal CertStoreParameters getCertStoreParameters ()

Returns the parameters used to initialize this CertStore.

Returns the parameters used to initialize this CertStore.
Note that the CertStoreParameters object is cloned before
it is returned.
Returns: the parameters used to initialize this CertStore (may be null)

publicfinal Collection<CRL> getCRLs (CRLSelector selector) throws CertStoreException

Returns a Collection of CRLs that match the specified selector.

Returns a Collection of CRLs that match the specified selector. If no CRLs match the selector, an empty Collection will be returned.

For some CertStore types, the resulting Collection may not contain all of the CRLs that match the selector. For instance, an LDAP CertStore may not search all entries in the directory. Instead, it may just search entries that are likely to contain the CRLs it is looking for.

Some CertStore implementations (especially LDAP CertStores) may throw a CertStoreException unless a non-null CRLSelector is provided that includes specific criteria that can be used to find the CRLs. Issuer names and/or the certificate to be checked are especially useful.
Returns: A Collection of CRLs that match the specified selector (never null)
Parameters:
- selector - A CRLSelector used to select which CRLs should be returned. Specify null to return all CRLs (if supported).
Throws:
- CertStoreException - if an exception occurs

publicfinalstatic String getDefaultType ()

Returns the default CertStore type as specified in the Java security properties file, or the string "LDAP" if no such property exists.

Returns the default CertStore type as specified in the Java security properties file, or the string "LDAP" if no such property exists. The Java security properties file is located in the file named <JAVA_HOME>/lib/security/java.security. <JAVA_HOME> refers to the value of the java.home system property, and specifies the directory where the JRE is installed.

The default CertStore type can be used by applications that do not want to use a hard-coded type when calling one of the getInstance methods, and want to provide a default CertStore type in case a user does not specify its own.

The default CertStore type can be changed by setting the value of the "certstore.type" security property (in the Java security properties file) to the desired type.
Returns: the default CertStore type as specified in the Java security properties file, or the string "LDAP" if no such property exists.

publicstatic CertStore getInstance (String type, CertStoreParameters params) throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException NoSuchAlgorithmException

Returns a CertStore object that implements the specified CertStore type and is initialized with the specified parameters.

This method traverses the list of registered security Providers, starting with the most preferred Provider. A new CertStore object encapsulating the CertStoreSpi implementation from the first Provider that supports the specified type is returned.

Note that the list of registered providers may be retrieved via the Security.getProviders() method.

The CertStore that is returned is initialized with the specified CertStoreParameters. The type of parameters needed may vary between different types of CertStores. Note that the specified CertStoreParameters object is cloned.
Returns: a CertStore object that implements the specified CertStore type.
Parameters:
- type - the name of the requested CertStore type. See Appendix A in the Java Certification Path API Programmer's Guide for information about standard types.
- params - the initialization parameters (may be null).
Throws:
- NoSuchAlgorithmException - if no Provider supports a CertStoreSpi implementation for the specified type.
- InvalidAlgorithmParameterException - if the specified initialization parameters are inappropriate for this CertStore.
See Also: Provider,

publicstatic CertStore getInstance (String type, CertStoreParameters params, Provider provider) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException InvalidAlgorithmParameterException

Returns a CertStore object that implements the specified CertStore type.

A new CertStore object encapsulating the CertStoreSpi implementation from the specified Provider object is returned. Note that the specified Provider object does not have to be registered in the provider list.

The CertStore that is returned is initialized with the specified CertStoreParameters. The type of parameters needed may vary between different types of CertStores. Note that the specified CertStoreParameters object is cloned.
Returns: a CertStore object that implements the specified type.
Parameters:
- type - the requested CertStore type. See Appendix A in the Java Certification Path API Programmer's Guide for information about standard types.
- params - the initialization parameters (may be null).
- provider - the provider.
Throws:
- NoSuchAlgorithmException - if a CertStoreSpi implementation for the specified type is not available from the specified Provider object.
- InvalidAlgorithmParameterException - if the specified initialization parameters are inappropriate for this CertStore
- IllegalArgumentException - if the provider is null.
See Also: Provider,

publicstatic CertStore getInstance (String type, CertStoreParameters params, String provider) throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException NoSuchAlgorithmException NoSuchProviderException

Returns a CertStore object that implements the specified CertStore type.

A new CertStore object encapsulating the CertStoreSpi implementation from the specified provider is returned. The specified provider must be registered in the security provider list.

Note that the list of registered providers may be retrieved via the Security.getProviders() method.

The CertStore that is returned is initialized with the specified CertStoreParameters. The type of parameters needed may vary between different types of CertStores. Note that the specified CertStoreParameters object is cloned.
Returns: a CertStore object that implements the specified type.
Parameters:
- type - the requested CertStore type. See Appendix A in the Java Certification Path API Programmer's Guide for information about standard types.
- params - the initialization parameters (may be null).
- provider - the name of the provider.
Throws:
- NoSuchAlgorithmException - if a CertStoreSpi implementation for the specified type is not available from the specified provider.
- InvalidAlgorithmParameterException - if the specified initialization parameters are inappropriate for this CertStore.
- NoSuchProviderException - if the specified provider is not registered in the security provider list.
- IllegalArgumentException - if the provider is null or empty.
See Also: Provider,

publicfinal Provider getProvider ()

Returns the provider of this CertStore.

Returns the provider of this CertStore.
Returns: the provider of this CertStore

publicfinal String getType ()

Returns the type of this CertStore.

Returns the type of this CertStore.
Returns: the type of this CertStore