This abstract class defines an extension mechanism for the
PKIX certification path building and
validation algorithms. Most applications will never need to use this
class. You may pass one or more
PKIXCertPathChecker objects to the
setCertPathCheckers(
) or addCertPathChecker( )
methods of the PKIXParameters or
PKIXBuilderParameters object that is passed to the
build( ) or validate( ) methods
of a CertPathBuilder or
CertPathValidator. The check( )
method of all PKIXCertPathChecker objects
registered in this way will be invoked for each certificate
considered in the building or validation algorithms. check(
) should throw a
CertPathValidatorException if a certificate does
not the implemented test. The init(
) method is invoked to tell the checker
to reset its internal state and to notify it of the direction in
which certificates will be presented. Checkers are not required to
support the forward direction, and should return
false from isForwardCheckingSupported(
) if they do not.
public abstract class PKIXCertPathChecker implements Cloneable {
// Protected Constructors
protected PKIXCertPathChecker( );
// Public Instance Methods
public abstract void check(java.security.cert.Certificate cert,
java.util.Collection<String> unresolvedCritExts)
throws CertPathValidatorException;
public abstract java.util.Set<String> getSupportedExtensions( );
public abstract void init(boolean forward) throws CertPathValidatorException;
public abstract boolean isForwardCheckingSupported( );
// Public Methods Overriding Object
public Object clone( );
}
