oracle.security.crypto.cert

Interface CertificateValidator

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public interface CertificateValidator
extends java.io.Serializable

A generic interface for mechanisms, such as CRLs, LDAP and OCSP, that can be used to obtain the validity/revocation status of a certificate. The interface defines one method, validateCert, which returns the status of a given certificate.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
CertificateStatus	validateCert(X509 c) Returns the validity/revocation status of the given certificate.

Method Detail

validateCert

CertificateStatus validateCert(X509 c)
                               throws ValidationException

Returns the validity/revocation status of the given certificate.

Throws:

ValidationException