com.adaptris.security.certificate

Class CertificateHandlerFactory

java.lang.Object

com.adaptris.security.certificate.CertificateHandlerFactory

public class CertificateHandlerFactory
extends java.lang.Object

Factory to build Certificate Handlers.

The only type of certificate handler supported is X509.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	CertificateHandlerFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
CertificateHandler	generateHandler(byte[] bytes) Create a CertificateHandler instance from the specified bytes.
CertificateHandler	generateHandler(java.security.cert.Certificate c) Create a CertificateHandler instance from a pre-existing Certificate.
CertificateHandler	generateHandler(java.io.InputStream i) Create a CertificateHandler instance from the supplied inputstream.
static CertificateHandlerFactory	getInstance() Get a factory for handling X509 certificates.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CertificateHandlerFactory

protected CertificateHandlerFactory()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static CertificateHandlerFactory getInstance()

Get a factory for handling X509 certificates.

Returns:

the instance.

generateHandler

public CertificateHandler generateHandler(byte[] bytes)
                                   throws java.security.cert.CertificateException,
                                          java.io.IOException

Create a CertificateHandler instance from the specified bytes.

The byte array is expected to contain the certificate in either DER format or PEM format. The contents of the byte array is expected to only contain a single certificate.

Parameters:

bytes - the bytes representing the certificate

Returns:

a certificate Handler

Throws:

java.security.cert.CertificateException - if the certificate could not be parsed

java.io.IOException - if there was an IO error

See Also:

CertificateHandler

generateHandler

public CertificateHandler generateHandler(java.security.cert.Certificate c)
                                   throws java.security.cert.CertificateException,
                                          java.io.IOException

Create a CertificateHandler instance from a pre-existing Certificate.

Parameters:

c - the Certificate

Returns:

a certificate Handler

Throws:

java.security.cert.CertificateException - if the certificate could not be parsed

java.io.IOException - if there was an IO error

See Also:

CertificateHandler

generateHandler

public final CertificateHandler generateHandler(java.io.InputStream i)
                                         throws java.security.cert.CertificateException,
                                                java.io.IOException

Create a CertificateHandler instance from the supplied inputstream.

The inputstream is expected to contain the certificate in either DER format or PEM format. The contents of the inputstream is expected to only contain a single certificate.

Parameters:

i - the inputstream containing the certificate

Returns:

a certificate Handler

Throws:

java.security.cert.CertificateException - if the certificate could not be parsed

java.io.IOException - if there was an IO error

See Also:

CertificateHandler