CertificateFactorySpi

This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the {@code CertificateFactory} class. All the abstract methods in this class must be implemented by each cryptographic service provider who wishes to supply the implementation of a certificate factory for a particular certificate type, e.g., X.509.

Certificate factories are used to generate certificate, certification path ({@code CertPath}) and certificate revocation list (CRL) objects from their encodings.

A certificate factory for X.509 must return certificates that are an instance of {@code java.security.cert.X509Certificate}, and CRLs that are an instance of {@code java.security.cert.X509CRL}.

@author Hemma Prafullchandra @author Jan Luehe @author Sean Mullan

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class CertificateFactorySpi {

Certificate engineGenerateCertificate(InputStream inStream);

CertPath engineGenerateCertPath(InputStream inStream);

CertPath engineGenerateCertPath(InputStream inStream, string encoding);

CertPath engineGenerateCertPath(List!(Certificate) certificates);

Iterator!string engineGetCertPathEncodings();

Collection!Certificate engineGenerateCertificates(InputStream inStream);

CRL engineGenerateCRL(InputStream inStream);

Collection!CRL engineGenerateCRLs(InputStream inStream);

}

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engineGenerateCRL CRL engineGenerateCRL(InputStream inStream): Generates a certificate revocation list (CRL) object and initializes it with the data read from the input stream {@code inStream}.
engineGenerateCRLs Collection!CRL engineGenerateCRLs(InputStream inStream): Returns a (possibly empty) collection view of the CRLs read from the given input stream {@code inStream}.
engineGenerateCertPath CertPath engineGenerateCertPath(InputStream inStream): Generates a {@code CertPath} object and initializes it with the data read from the {@code InputStream} inStream. The data is assumed to be in the default encoding.
engineGenerateCertPath CertPath engineGenerateCertPath(InputStream inStream, string encoding): Generates a {@code CertPath} object and initializes it with the data read from the {@code InputStream} inStream. The data is assumed to be in the specified encoding.
engineGenerateCertPath CertPath engineGenerateCertPath(List!(Certificate) certificates): Generates a {@code CertPath} object and initializes it with a {@code List} of {@code Certificate}s. The certificates supplied must be of a type supported by the {@code CertificateFactory}. They will be copied out of the supplied {@code List} object.
engineGenerateCertificate Certificate engineGenerateCertificate(InputStream inStream): Generates a certificate object and initializes it with the data read from the input stream {@code inStream}.
engineGenerateCertificates Collection!Certificate engineGenerateCertificates(InputStream inStream): Returns a (possibly empty) collection view of the certificates read from the given input stream {@code inStream}.
engineGetCertPathEncodings Iterator!string engineGetCertPathEncodings(): Returns an iteration of the {@code CertPath} encodings supported by this certificate factory, with the default encoding first. See the CertPath Encodings section in the <a href= "{@docRoot}/../technotes/guides/security/StandardNames.html#CertPathEncodings"> Java Cryptography Architecture Standard Algorithm Name Documentation</a> for information about standard encoding names. Attempts to modify the returned {@code Iterator} via its {@code remove} method result in an {@code UnsupportedOperationException}.

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@see CertificateFactory @see Certificate @see X509Certificate @see CertPath @see CRL @see X509CRL

@since 1.2

CertificateFactorySpi

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