com.rsa.certj.spi.revocation

Interface CertStatusInterface

public interface CertStatusInterface

This interface specifies the Certificate Revocation Status Service Programming Interface (SPI) method, checkCertRevocation. This method checks revocation information about a given certificate, whether revoked, not revoked, or unknown.

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Method Summary

CertRevocationInfo

checkCertRevocation(CertPathCtx pathCtx, Certificate cert) Determines the revocation status of the specified certificate, cert.

Method Detail

checkCertRevocation

public CertRevocationInfo checkCertRevocation(CertPathCtx pathCtx,
                                              Certificate cert)
                                       throws NotSupportedException,
                                              CertStatusException

Determines the revocation status of the specified certificate, cert. It returns the status and related information.

Parameters

	pathCtx		A CertPathCtx that is used to ensure that the constructed certification path is valid. This function uses the certification path-processing context to determine the status checking mechanism.
	cert		A Certificate to be checked.

Returns

A CertRevocationInfo that holds information about the status of the cert.

Throws

NotSupportedException - If this method is not supported by the provider for a given set of arguments.

CertStatusException - If a certificate revocation status provider fails.