net.sf.jguard.authentication.certificates
Class CertUtils

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.jguard.authentication.certificates.CertUtils

public class CertUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class to handle X509 certificates.

Author:

Simon Lebettre, Charles Gay

Constructor Summary

CertUtils()

Method Summary

static java.security.cert.X509Certificate	getCertFromFile(java.lang.String path) Read a certificate from the specified filepath.
static java.util.Set	getCertsFromDirectory(java.lang.String directoryPath) return all the certificates contained in the directory path.
static java.util.Set	getTrustedAnchorsFromDirectory(java.lang.String directoryPath) return a Set of TrustAnchors (without nameConstraints) which comes from a directory path.
static java.util.Set	getTrustedAnchorsFromDirectory(java.lang.String directoryPath, byte[] nameConstraints) return a Set of TrustAnchors (without nameConstraints) which comes from a directory path.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CertUtils

public CertUtils()

Method Detail

getCertFromFile

public static java.security.cert.X509Certificate getCertFromFile(java.lang.String path)

Read a certificate from the specified filepath.

Parameters:

certificate - path

certificate -

getCertsFromDirectory

public static java.util.Set getCertsFromDirectory(java.lang.String directoryPath)

return all the certificates contained in the directory path.

Parameters:

directoryPath -

Returns:

certificates Set(an empty Set if the directoryPath is null)

getTrustedAnchorsFromDirectory

public static java.util.Set getTrustedAnchorsFromDirectory(java.lang.String directoryPath)

return a Set of TrustAnchors (without nameConstraints) which comes from a directory path.

Parameters:

directoryPath -

Returns:

TrustAnchor Set

getTrustedAnchorsFromDirectory

public static java.util.Set getTrustedAnchorsFromDirectory(java.lang.String directoryPath,
                                                           byte[] nameConstraints)

return a Set of TrustAnchors (without nameConstraints) which comes from a directory path.

Parameters:

directoryPath -

nameConstraints - constraints applied to all the TrustAnchor

Returns:

TrustAnchor Set