Package java.security.cert

Provides classes and interfaces for parsing and managing certificates, certificate revocation lists (CRLs), and certification paths.

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Interface Summary

CertPathBuilderResult A specification of the result of a certification path builder algorithm.
CertPathParameters A specification of certification path algorithm parameters.
CertPathValidatorResult A specification of the result of a certification path validator algorithm.
CertSelector A selector that defines a set of criteria for selecting Certificates.
CertStoreParameters A specification of CertStore parameters.
CRLSelector A selector that defines a set of criteria for selecting CRLs.
PolicyNode An immutable valid policy tree node as defined by the PKIX certification path validation algorithm.
X509Extension Interface for an X.509 extension.
 

 

Class Summary

Certificate Abstract class for managing a variety of identity certificates.
Certificate.CertificateRep Alternate Certificate class for serialization.
CertificateFactory This class defines the functionality of a certificate factory, which is used to generate certificate, certification path (CertPath) and certificate revocation list (CRL) objects from their encodings.
CertificateFactorySpi This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the CertificateFactory class.
CertPath An immutable sequence of certificates (a certification path).
CertPath.CertPathRep Alternate CertPath class for serialization.
CertPathBuilder A class for building certification paths (also known as certificate chains).
CertPathBuilderSpi The Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the CertPathBuilder class.
CertPathValidator A class for validating certification paths (also known as certificate chains).
CertPathValidatorSpi The Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the CertPathValidator class.
CertStore A class for retrieving Certificates and CRLs from a repository.
CertStoreSpi The Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the CertStore class.
CollectionCertStoreParameters Parameters used as input for the Collection CertStore algorithm.
CRL This class is an abstraction of certificate revocation lists (CRLs) that have different formats but important common uses.
LDAPCertStoreParameters Parameters used as input for the LDAP CertStore algorithm.
PKIXBuilderParameters Parameters used as input for the PKIX CertPathBuilder algorithm.
PKIXCertPathBuilderResult successful result of the PKIX certification path builder algorithm.
PKIXCertPathChecker An abstract class that performs one or more checks on an X509Certificate.
PKIXCertPathValidatorResult successful result of the PKIX certification path validation algorithm.
PKIXParameters Parameters used as input for the PKIX CertPathValidator algorithm.
PolicyQualifierInfo An immutable policy qualifier represented by the ASN.1 PolicyQualifierInfo structure.
TrustAnchor A trust anchor or most-trusted Certification Authority (CA).
X509Certificate Abstract class for X.509 certificates.
X509CertSelector A CertSelector that selects X509Certificates that match all specified criteria.
X509CRL Abstract class for an X.509 Certificate Revocation List (CRL).
X509CRLEntry Abstract class for a revoked certificate in a CRL (Certificate Revocation List).
X509CRLSelector A CRLSelector that selects X509CRLs that match all specified criteria.
 

 

Exception Summary

CertificateEncodingException Certificate Encoding Exception.
CertificateException Indicates one of a variety of certificate problems.
CertificateExpiredException Certificate Expired Exception.
CertificateNotYetValidException Certificate is not yet valid exception.
CertificateParsingException Certificate Parsing Exception.
CertPathBuilderException An exception indicating one of a variety of problems encountered when building a certification path with a CertPathBuilder.
CertPathValidatorException An exception indicating one of a variety of problems encountered when validating a certification path.
CertStoreException An exception indicating one of a variety of problems retrieving certificates and CRLs from a CertStore.
CRLException CRL (Certificate Revocation List) Exception.
 

 

Package java.security.cert Description

Provides classes and interfaces for parsing and managing certificates, certificate revocation lists (CRLs), and certification paths. It contains support for X.509 v3 certificates and X.509 v2 CRLs.

 

Package Specification

  • RFC 2459: X.509 Certificate and CRL Profile

 

Related Documentation

For information about X.509 certificates and CRLs, please see:

Since:
1.2