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1 /* CertPath.java -- a sequence of certificates
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38 package java.security.cert;
40 import gnu.java.lang.CPStringBuilder;
42 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
43 import java.io.NotSerializableException;
44 import java.io.ObjectStreamException;
45 import java.io.Serializable;
46 import java.util.Iterator;
47 import java.util.List;
49 /**
50 * This class represents an immutable sequence, or path, of security
51 * certificates. The path type must match the type of each certificate in the
52 * path, or in other words, for all instances of cert in a certpath object,
53 * <code>cert.getType().equals(certpath.getType())</code> will return true.
55 * <p>Since this class is immutable, it is thread-safe. During serialization,
56 * the path is consolidated into a {@link CertPathRep}, which preserves the
57 * data regardless of the underlying implementation of the path.
59 * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
60 * @since 1.4
61 * @status updated to 1.4
63 public abstract class CertPath implements Serializable
65 /**
66 * The serialized representation of a path.
68 * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
70 protected static class CertPathRep implements Serializable
72 /**
73 * Compatible with JDK 1.4+.
75 private static final long serialVersionUID = 3015633072427920915L;
77 /**
78 * The certificate type.
80 * @serial the type of the certificate path
82 private final String type;
84 /**
85 * The encoded form of the path.
87 * @serial the encoded form
89 private final byte[] data;
91 /**
92 * Create the new serial representation.
94 * @param type the path type
95 * @param data the encoded path data
97 protected CertPathRep(String type, byte[] data)
99 this.type = type;
100 this.data = data;
104 * Decode the data into an actual {@link CertPath} upon deserialization.
106 * @return the replacement object
107 * @throws ObjectStreamException if replacement fails
109 protected Object readResolve() throws ObjectStreamException
113 return CertificateFactory.getInstance(type)
114 .generateCertPath(new ByteArrayInputStream(data));
116 catch (CertificateException e)
118 throw (ObjectStreamException)
119 new NotSerializableException("java.security.cert.CertPath: "
120 + type).initCause(e);
123 } // class CertPathRep
126 * Compatible with JDK 1.4+.
128 private static final long serialVersionUID = 6068470306649138683L;
131 * The path type.
133 * @serial the type of all certificates in this path
135 private final String type;
138 * Create a certificate path with the given type. Most code should use
139 * {@link CertificateFactory} to create CertPaths.
141 * @param type the type of the path
143 protected CertPath(String type)
145 this.type = type;
149 * Get the (non-null) type of all certificates in the path.
151 * @return the path certificate type
153 public String getType()
155 return type;
159 * Get an immutable iterator over the path encodings (all String names),
160 * starting with the default encoding. The iterator will throw an
161 * <code>UnsupportedOperationException</code> if an attempt is made to
162 * remove items from the list.
164 * @return the iterator of supported encodings in the path
166 public abstract Iterator<String> getEncodings();
169 * Compares this path to another for semantic equality. To be equal, both
170 * must be instances of CertPath, with the same type, and identical
171 * certificate lists. Overriding classes must not change this behavior.
173 * @param o the object to compare to
174 * @return true if the two are equal
176 public boolean equals(Object o)
178 if (! (o instanceof CertPath))
179 return false;
180 CertPath cp = (CertPath) o;
181 return type.equals(cp.type)
182 && getCertificates().equals(cp.getCertificates());
186 * Returns the hashcode of this certificate path. This is defined as:<br>
187 * <code>31 * getType().hashCode() + getCertificates().hashCode()</code>.
189 * @return the hashcode
191 public int hashCode()
193 return 31 * type.hashCode() + getCertificates().hashCode();
196 public String toString()
198 List l = getCertificates();
199 int size = l.size();
200 int i = 0;
201 CPStringBuilder result = new CPStringBuilder(type);
202 result.append(" Cert Path: length = ").append(size).append(".\n[\n");
203 while (--size >= 0)
204 result.append(l.get(i++)).append('\n');
205 return result.append("\n]").toString();
209 * Returns the encoded form of this path, via the default encoding.
211 * @return the encoded form
212 * @throws CertificateEncodingException if encoding fails
214 public abstract byte[] getEncoded() throws CertificateEncodingException;
217 * Returns the encoded form of this path, via the specified encoding.
219 * @param encoding the encoding to use
220 * @return the encoded form
221 * @throws CertificateEncodingException if encoding fails or does not exist
223 public abstract byte[] getEncoded(String encoding)
224 throws CertificateEncodingException;
227 * Returns the immutable, thread-safe list of certificates in this path.
229 * @return the list of certificates, non-null but possibly empty
231 public abstract List<? extends Certificate> getCertificates();
234 * Serializes the path in its encoded form, to ensure reserialization with
235 * the appropriate factory object without worrying about list implementation.
236 * The result will always be an instance of {@link CertPathRep}.
238 * @return the replacement object
239 * @throws ObjectStreamException if the replacement creation fails
241 protected Object writeReplace() throws ObjectStreamException
245 return new CertPathRep(type, getEncoded());
247 catch (CertificateEncodingException e)
249 throw (ObjectStreamException)
250 new NotSerializableException("java.security.cert.CertPath: "
251 + type).initCause(e);
254 } // class CertPath