com.entrust.toolkit

Class CertificateSet

java.lang.Object

com.entrust.toolkit.Set

com.entrust.toolkit.CertificateSet

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

public final class CertificateSet
extends Set

Specialized Set for X.509 certificates.

See Also:

Set

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.entrust.toolkit.Set

m_class, m_set

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CertificateSet() Creates an empty CertificateSet.
CertificateSet(CertificateSet set) Creates a copy of the specified set.
CertificateSet(X509Certificate[] certificates) Creates a CertificateSet that contains the specified X.509 certificates.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
X509Certificate[]	getCertificates() Returns the content objects as an array of certificates.
X509Certificate	getLatest() Returns the certificate that expires last in the set.
static CertificateSet	joinsets(CertificateSet set, CertificateSet set2) Helper method which joins two sets together depending on whether 1 or both of them contain data.

Methods inherited from class com.entrust.toolkit.Set

addElement, apply, elements, getContentClass, getElements, intersect, removeAll, removeElement, size, substract, union

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CertificateSet

public CertificateSet()
               throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Creates an empty CertificateSet.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - thrown if the class iaik.x509.X509Certificate is not accessible through the classpath

CertificateSet

public CertificateSet(X509Certificate[] certificates)
               throws java.lang.NullPointerException

Creates a CertificateSet that contains the specified X.509 certificates.

If two certificates in the array are equal, only the first certificate is included in the set. Elements of the certificates array may be null.

Parameters:

certificates - the certificates to include in the set

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - thrown if certificates is null

CertificateSet

public CertificateSet(CertificateSet set)
               throws java.lang.NullPointerException

Creates a copy of the specified set.

The certificates contained in the specified set are not copied.

Parameters:

set - the certificate set to copy

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - thrown if set is null

Method Detail

getLatest

public X509Certificate getLatest()

Returns the certificate that expires last in the set.

If more than one certificate expires at the same time, any one of these certificates is returned as long as there are no other certificates that expire later.

Returns:

the certificate that expires last

joinsets

public static CertificateSet joinsets(CertificateSet set,
                                      CertificateSet set2)

Helper method which joins two sets together depending on whether 1 or both of them contain data.

Parameters:

set - A set of certificates

set2 - A set of certificates

Returns:

The set union of the two sets

getCertificates

public X509Certificate[] getCertificates()

Returns the content objects as an array of certificates.

Returns:

an array of iaik.x509.X509Certificate containing all certificates of this set