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1 /* CertPath.java -- a sequence of certificates
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38 package java.security.cert;
40 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
41 import java.io.NotSerializableException;
42 import java.io.ObjectStreamException;
43 import java.io.Serializable;
44 import java.util.Iterator;
45 import java.util.List;
47 /**
48 * This class represents an immutable sequence, or path, of security
49 * certificates. The path type must match the type of each certificate in the
50 * path, or in other words, for all instances of cert in a certpath object,
51 * <code>cert.getType().equals(certpath.getType())</code> will return true.
53 * <p>Since this class is immutable, it is thread-safe. During serialization,
54 * the path is consolidated into a {@link CertPathRep}, which preserves the
55 * data regardless of the underlying implementation of the path.
57 * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
58 * @since 1.4
59 * @status updated to 1.4
61 public abstract class CertPath implements Serializable
63 /**
64 * The serialized representation of a path.
66 * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
68 protected static class CertPathRep implements Serializable
70 /**
71 * Compatible with JDK 1.4+.
73 private static final long serialVersionUID = 3015633072427920915L;
75 /**
76 * The certificate type.
78 * @serial the type of the certificate path
80 private final String type;
82 /**
83 * The encoded form of the path.
85 * @serial the encoded form
87 private final byte[] data;
89 /**
90 * Create the new serial representation.
92 * @param type the path type
93 * @param data the encoded path data
95 protected CertPathRep(String type, byte[] data)
97 this.type = type;
98 this.data = data;
102 * Decode the data into an actual {@link CertPath} upon deserialization.
104 * @return the replacement object
105 * @throws ObjectStreamException if replacement fails
107 protected Object readResolve() throws ObjectStreamException
111 return CertificateFactory.getInstance(type)
112 .generateCertPath(new ByteArrayInputStream(data));
114 catch (CertificateException e)
116 throw (ObjectStreamException)
117 new NotSerializableException("java.security.cert.CertPath: "
118 + type).initCause(e);
121 } // class CertPathRep
124 * Compatible with JDK 1.4+.
126 private static final long serialVersionUID = 6068470306649138683L;
129 * The path type.
131 * @serial the type of all certificates in this path
133 private final String type;
136 * Create a certificate path with the given type. Most code should use
137 * {@link CertificateFactory} to create CertPaths.
139 * @param type the type of the path
141 protected CertPath(String type)
143 this.type = type;
147 * Get the (non-null) type of all certificates in the path.
149 * @return the path certificate type
151 public String getType()
153 return type;
157 * Get an immutable iterator over the path encodings (all String names),
158 * starting with the default encoding. The iterator will throw an
159 * <code>UnsupportedOperationException</code> if an attempt is made to
160 * remove items from the list.
162 * @return the iterator of supported encodings in the path
164 public abstract Iterator getEncodings();
167 * Compares this path to another for semantic equality. To be equal, both
168 * must be instances of CertPath, with the same type, and identical
169 * certificate lists. Overriding classes must not change this behavior.
171 * @param o the object to compare to
172 * @return true if the two are equal
174 public boolean equals(Object o)
176 if (! (o instanceof CertPath))
177 return false;
178 CertPath cp = (CertPath) o;
179 return type.equals(cp.type)
180 && getCertificates().equals(cp.getCertificates());
184 * Returns the hashcode of this certificate path. This is defined as:<br>
185 * <code>31 * getType().hashCode() + getCertificates().hashCode()</code>.
187 * @return the hashcode
189 public int hashCode()
191 return 31 * type.hashCode() + getCertificates().hashCode();
194 public String toString()
196 List l = getCertificates();
197 int size = l.size();
198 int i = 0;
199 StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer(type);
200 result.append(" Cert Path: length = ").append(size).append(".\n[\n");
201 while (--size >= 0)
202 result.append(l.get(i++)).append('\n');
203 return result.append("\n]").toString();
207 * Returns the encoded form of this path, via the default encoding.
209 * @return the encoded form
210 * @throws CertificateEncodingException if encoding fails
212 public abstract byte[] getEncoded() throws CertificateEncodingException;
215 * Returns the encoded form of this path, via the specified encoding.
217 * @param encoding the encoding to use
218 * @return the encoded form
219 * @throws CertificateEncodingException if encoding fails or does not exist
221 public abstract byte[] getEncoded(String encoding)
222 throws CertificateEncodingException;
225 * Returns the immutable, thread-safe list of certificates in this path.
227 * @return the list of certificates, non-null but possibly empty
229 public abstract List getCertificates();
232 * Serializes the path in its encoded form, to ensure reserialization with
233 * the appropriate factory object without worrying about list implementation.
234 * The result will always be an instance of {@link CertPathRep}.
236 * @return the replacement object
237 * @throws ObjectStreamException if the replacement creation fails
239 protected Object writeReplace() throws ObjectStreamException
243 return new CertPathRep(type, getEncoded());
245 catch (CertificateEncodingException e)
247 throw (ObjectStreamException)
248 new NotSerializableException("java.security.cert.CertPath: "
249 + type).initCause(e);
252 } // class CertPath