libjava/java/security/cert/CertificateFactorySpi.java

/* CertificateFactorySpi.java --- Certificate Factory Class
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package java.security.cert;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Collection;

/**
   CertificateFactorySpi is the abstract class Service Provider
   Interface (SPI) for the CertificateFactory class. A provider
   must implment all the abstract methods if they wish to 
   supply a certificate factory for a particular certificate
   type. Ex: X.509
   
   Certificate factories are used to generate certificates and
   certificate revocation lists (CRL) from their encoding.
   
   @since JDK 1.2
   
   @author Mark Benvenuto
*/
public abstract class CertificateFactorySpi
{

  /**
     Constructs a new CertificateFactorySpi
  */
  public CertificateFactorySpi()
  {}

  /**
     Generates a Certificate based on the encoded data read
     from the InputStream.

     The input stream must contain only one certificate.

     If there exists a specialized certificate class for the
     certificate format handled by the certificate factory
     then the return Ceritificate should be a typecast of it.
     Ex: A X.509 CertificateFactory should return X509Certificate.

     For X.509 certificates, the certificate in inStream must be
     DER encoded and supplied in binary or printable (Base64) 
     encoding. If the certificate is in Base64 encoding, it must be 
     bounded by -----BEGINCERTIFICATE-----, and 
     -----END CERTIFICATE-----. 

     @param inStream an input stream containing the certificate data

     @return a certificate initialized with InputStream data.

     @throws CertificateException Certificate parsing error
  */
  public abstract Certificate engineGenerateCertificate(InputStream inStream)
    throws CertificateException;

  /**
     Returns a collection of certificates that were read from the 
     input stream. It may be empty, have only one, or have 
     multiple certificates.

     For a X.509 certificate factory, the stream may contain a
     single DER encoded certificate or a PKCS#7 certificate 
     chain. This is a PKCS#7 <I>SignedData</I> object with the 
     most significant field being <I>certificates</I>. If no 
     CRLs are present, then an empty collection is returned.
	
     @param inStream an input stream containing the certificates

     @return a collection of certificates initialized with 
     the InputStream data.

     @throws CertificateException Certificate parsing error
  */
  public abstract Collection engineGenerateCertificates(InputStream inStream)
    throws CertificateException;

  /**
     Generates a CRL based on the encoded data read
     from the InputStream.

     The input stream must contain only one CRL.

     If there exists a specialized CRL class for the
     CRL format handled by the certificate factory
     then the return CRL should be a typecast of it.
     Ex: A X.509 CertificateFactory should return X509CRL.

     @param inStream an input stream containing the CRL data

     @return a CRL initialized with InputStream data.

     @throws CRLException CRL parsing error
  */
  public abstract CRL engineGenerateCRL(InputStream inStream)
    throws CRLException;

  /**
     Generates CRLs based on the encoded data read
     from the InputStream.

     For a X.509 certificate factory, the stream may contain a
     single DER encoded CRL or a PKCS#7 CRL set. This is a 
     PKCS#7 <I>SignedData</I> object with the most significant 
     field being <I>crls</I>. If no CRLs are present, then an
     empty collection is returned.

     @param inStream an input stream containing the CRLs

     @return a collection of CRLs initialized with 
     the InputStream data.

     @throws CRLException CRL parsing error
  */
  public abstract Collection engineGenerateCRLs(InputStream inStream)
    throws CRLException;
}