libjava/java/security/cert/CertStoreSpi.java

   1 /* CertStoreSpi -- certificate store service provider interface.
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  37
  38
  39 package java.security.cert;
  40
  41 import java.util.Collection;
  42
  43 /**
  44  * The <i>service provider interface</i> (<b>SPI</b>) for the {@link
  45  * CertStore} class.
  46  *
  47  * <p>Providers wishing to implement a CertStore must subclass this
  48  * class, implementing all the abstract methods. Providers may also
  49  * implement the {@link CertStoreParameters} interface, if they require
  50  * parameters.
  51  *
  52  * @since JDK 1.4
  53  * @see CertStore
  54  * @see CollectionCertStoreParameters
  55  * @see LDAPCertStoreParameters
  56  */
  57 public abstract class CertStoreSpi
  58 {
  59
  60   // Constructors.
  61   // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  62
  63   /**
  64    * Creates a new CertStoreSpi.
  65    *
  66    * @param params The parameters to initialize this instance with, or
  67    *        null if no parameters are required.
  68    * @throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException If the specified
  69    *         parameters are inappropriate for this class.
  70    */
  71   public CertStoreSpi(CertStoreParameters params)
  72     throws java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException
  73   {
  74     super();
  75   }
  76
  77   // Abstract methods.
  78   // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  79
  80   /**
  81    * Get the certificates from this store, filtering them through the
  82    * specified CertSelector.
  83    *
  84    * @param selector The CertSelector to filter certificates.
  85    * @return A (non-null) collection of certificates.
  86    * @throws CertStoreException If the certificates cannot be retrieved.
  87    */
  88   public abstract Collection engineGetCertificates(CertSelector selector)
  89   throws CertStoreException;
  90
  91   /**
  92    * Get the certificate revocation list from this store, filtering them
  93    * through the specified CRLSelector.
  94    *
  95    * @param selector The CRLSelector to filter certificate revocation
  96    *        lists.
  97    * @return A (non-null) collection of certificate revocation list.
  98    * @throws CertStoreException If the CRLs cannot be retrieved.
  99    */
 100   public abstract Collection engineGetCRLs(CRLSelector selector)
 101   throws CertStoreException;
 102 }