PKIXCertPathChecker

Class Overview

The class specifying the interface to extend the certification path validation algorithm by checks to perform on an X509Certificate.

The checks are added to a certification path validation using the setCertPathCheckers or addCertPathChecker of the PKIXParameters and PKIXBuilderParameters class respectively. The check method will be called for each certificate processed by a CertPathBuilder of CertPathValidator.

A PKIXCertPathChecker implementation must support reverse checking (from trusted CA to target) and may support forward checking (from target to trusted CA). The return value of isForwardCheckingSupported indicates whether forward checking is supported.

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From class java.lang.Object Object clone() Creates and returns a copy of this Object. boolean equals( Object o) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal. void finalize() Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable. final Class<?> getClass() Returns the unique instance of Class that represents this object's class. int hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object. final void notify() Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up. final void notifyAll() Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up. String toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object. final void wait() Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object. final void wait(long millis, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires. final void wait(long millis) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.