com.entrust.toolkit.x509.certstore

Class CertificateStore

java.lang.Object

com.entrust.toolkit.x509.certstore.CertificateStore

Direct Known Subclasses:

ArchiveCertCache, CACrossCertCS, CapiCS, CertificateGraph, CollectionCS, HTTPCS

public abstract class CertificateStore
extends java.lang.Object

CertificateStore provides certificates to the toolkit.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CertificateStore()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
CertificateSet	find(java.security.Principal dn) Returns all certificates for the entity specified in dn.
CertificateSet	findCerts(GeneralName location) Returns all certificates for the entity specified in location.
abstract CertificateSet	findCerts(java.security.Principal dn) Returns all certificates for the entity specified in dn.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CertificateStore

public CertificateStore()

Method Detail

find

public CertificateSet find(java.security.Principal dn)

Returns all certificates for the entity specified in dn. If no certificate is found, this method returns null. This simply calls findCerts(java.security.Principal) and discards any exceptions.

Parameters:

dn - the distinguished name of the key owner

Returns:

the certificates belonging to dn, or null if no certificates for dn are found in this CertificateStore

findCerts

public abstract CertificateSet findCerts(java.security.Principal dn)
                                  throws CertificationException

Returns all certificates for the entity specified in dn. If no certificate is found, this method returns null. If an Exception occurs finding the certificates, a CertificationException is thrown.

Parameters:

dn - the distinguished name of the key owner

Returns:

the certificates belonging to dn, or null if no certificates for dn are found in this CertificateStore

Throws:

CertificationException - if there is a problem finding the certificates.

Since:

7.0

findCerts

public CertificateSet findCerts(GeneralName location)
                         throws CertificationException

Returns all certificates for the entity specified in location. If no certificate is found, this method returns null. If an Exception occurs finding the certificates, a CertificationException is thrown.

Parameters:

location - The GeneralName which represents the location of the certificates

Returns:

the certificates belonging to location, or null if no certificates for location are found in this CertificateStore

Throws:

CertificationException - if there is a problem finding the certificates.

Since:

7.2