-/* CertificateFactorySpi.java --- Certificate Factory Class
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-
-
-package java.security.cert;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.util.Collection;
-
-/**
- CertificateFactorySpi is the abstract class Service Provider
- Interface (SPI) for the CertificateFactory class. A provider
- must implment 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 JDK 1.2
-
- @author Mark Benvenuto
-*/
-public abstract class CertificateFactorySpi
-{
-
- /**
- Constructs a new CertificateFactorySpi
- */
- public CertificateFactorySpi()
- {}
-
- /**
- 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 -----BEGINCERTIFICATE-----, 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 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 engineGenerateCRLs(InputStream inStream)
- throws CRLException;
-}
-