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| ↳ | java.security.cert.CertificateFactory |
This class implements the functionality of a certificate factory algorithm, relying on parsing a stream of bytes.
It defines methods for parsing certificate chains (certificate paths) and Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs).
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Creates a new
CertificateFactory instance.
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Generates and initializes a Certificate Revocation List (CRL) from
the provided input stream.
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Generates and initializes a collection of Certificate Revocation
List (CRL) from the provided input stream.
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Generates a
CertPath (a certificate chain) from the given
inputStream, assuming the given encoding from
getCertPathEncodings().
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Generates a
CertPath (a certificate chain) from the provided
InputStream.
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Generates a
CertPath from the provided list of certificates.
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Generates and initializes a
Certificate from the provided input
stream.
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Generates and initializes a collection of (unrelated) certificates from
the provided input stream.
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Returns an
Iterator over the supported CertPath encodings
(as Strings).
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Creates a new
CertificateFactory instance from the specified
provider that provides the requested certificate type.
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Creates a new
CertificateFactory instance from the specified
provider that provides the requested certificate type.
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Creates a new
CertificateFactory instance that provides the
requested certificate type.
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Returns the
Provider of the certificate factory represented by
the certificate.
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Returns the Certificate type.
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java.lang.Object
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Creates a new CertificateFactory instance.
| certFacSpi | the implementation delegate. |
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| provider | the associated provider. |
| type | the certificate type. |
Generates and initializes a Certificate Revocation List (CRL) from the provided input stream.
| inStream | the stream from where data is read to create the CRL. |
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| CRLException | if parsing problems are detected. |
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Generates and initializes a collection of Certificate Revocation List (CRL) from the provided input stream.
| inStream | the stream from which the data is read to create the CRLs. |
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| CRLException | if parsing problems are detected. |
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Generates a CertPath (a certificate chain) from the given
inputStream, assuming the given encoding from
getCertPathEncodings().
| CertificateException | if parsing problems are detected. |
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| UnsupportedOperationException | if the provider does not implement this method. |
Generates a CertPath (a certificate chain) from the provided
InputStream. The default encoding scheme is applied.
| inStream | InputStream with encoded data. |
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CertPath initialized from the provided data.| CertificateException | if parsing problems are detected. |
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Generates a CertPath from the provided list of certificates. The
encoding is the default encoding.
| certificates | the list containing certificates in a format supported by the
CertificateFactory. |
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CertPath initialized from the provided data.| CertificateException | if parsing problems are detected. |
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| UnsupportedOperationException | if the provider does not implement this method. |
Generates and initializes a Certificate from the provided input
stream.
| inStream | the stream from where data is read to create the Certificate. |
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| CertificateException | if parsing problems are detected. |
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Generates and initializes a collection of (unrelated) certificates from the provided input stream.
| inStream | the stream from which the data is read to create the collection. |
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| CertificateException | if parsing problems are detected. |
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Returns an Iterator over the supported CertPath encodings
(as Strings). The first element is the default encoding scheme to apply.
CertPath encodings (as
Strings).
Creates a new CertificateFactory instance from the specified
provider that provides the requested certificate type.
| type | the certificate type. |
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| provider | the name of the provider providing certificates of the specified type. |
CertificateFactory instance.| CertificateException | if the specified certificate type is not available by the specified provider. |
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| NoSuchProviderException | if no provider with the specified name can be found. |
| IllegalArgumentException | if provider == null || provider.isEmpty() |
| NullPointerException | it type is null.
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Creates a new CertificateFactory instance from the specified
provider that provides the requested certificate type. The
provider supplied does not have to be registered.
| type | the certificate type. |
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| provider | the name of the provider providing certificates of the specified type. |
CertificateFactory instance.| CertificateException | if the specified certificate type is not available at the specified provider. |
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| IllegalArgumentException | if the specified provider is null. |
| NullPointerException | if type == null |
| IllegalArgumentException | if provider == null
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Creates a new CertificateFactory instance that provides the
requested certificate type.
| type | the certificate type. |
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CertificateFactory instance.| CertificateException | if the specified certificate type is not available at any installed provider. |
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| NullPointerException | if type == null
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Returns the Provider of the certificate factory represented by
the certificate.
Returns the Certificate type.