iaik.smime.ess.utils

Interface CertificateDatabase

All Known Subinterfaces:

KeyDatabase

All Known Implementing Classes:

EncryptedKeyStoreDatabase, KeyStoreDatabase

public interface CertificateDatabase

A simple certificate database allowing to query for certificates based on certificate identifiers.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
iaik.x509.X509Certificate	getCertificate(CertificateIdentifier certID) Gets the certificate belonging to the given certificate identidier.
iaik.x509.X509Certificate[]	getCertificateChain(CertificateIdentifier certID) Gets the certificate chain belonging to the given certificate identidier.

Method Detail

getCertificateChain

iaik.x509.X509Certificate[] getCertificateChain(CertificateIdentifier certID)
                                         throws CertificateDatabaseException

Gets the certificate chain belonging to the given certificate identidier.

Parameters:

certID - the certificate identifier identifying the entity to which the requested certificate key belongs to

Returns:

the certificate chain belonging to the entity identified by the given certificate identifier (the entity certificate has to be located at index 0 of the returned array); the array may be empty if no certificates for the given identifier are found

Throws:

CertificateDatabaseException - if there occurs some problem when trying to fetch the certificate chain

getCertificate

iaik.x509.X509Certificate getCertificate(CertificateIdentifier certID)
                                  throws CertificateDatabaseException

Gets the certificate belonging to the given certificate identidier.

Parameters:

certID - the certificate identifier identifying the entity to which the requested certificate key belongs to

Returns:

the certificate belonging to the entity identified by the given certificate identifier; or null if no certificate for the given identifier are found

Throws:

CertificateDatabaseException - if there occurs some problem when trying to fetch the certificate