Package com.itextpdf.signatures

Class CertificateVerifier

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.signatures.CertificateVerifier

Direct Known Subclasses:

RootStoreVerifier

       @Deprecated public class CertificateVerifier extends Object
      

Deprecated.

starting from 8.0.5. CertificateChainValidator should be used instead.

Superclass for a series of certificate verifiers that will typically be used in a chain. It wraps another CertificateVerifier that is the next element in the chain of which the verify() method will be called.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected boolean	onlineCheckingAllowed	Deprecated. Indicates if going online to verify a certificate is allowed.
protected CertificateVerifier	verifier	Deprecated. The previous CertificateVerifier in the chain of verifiers.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CertificateVerifier(CertificateVerifier verifier)	Deprecated. Creates the final CertificateVerifier in a chain of verifiers.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	setOnlineCheckingAllowed(boolean onlineCheckingAllowed)	Deprecated. Decide whether or not online checking is allowed.
List<VerificationOK>	verify(X509Certificate signCert, X509Certificate issuerCert, Date signDate)	Deprecated. Checks the validity of the certificate, and calls the next verifier in the chain, if any.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

verifier

             protected CertificateVerifier verifier
            

Deprecated.

The previous CertificateVerifier in the chain of verifiers.

onlineCheckingAllowed

             protected boolean onlineCheckingAllowed
            

Deprecated.

Indicates if going online to verify a certificate is allowed.

Constructor Details

CertificateVerifier

             public CertificateVerifier
             (CertificateVerifier verifier)
            

Deprecated.

Creates the final CertificateVerifier in a chain of verifiers.

Parameters:

verifier - the previous verifier in the chain

Method Details

setOnlineCheckingAllowed

             public void setOnlineCheckingAllowed
             (boolean onlineCheckingAllowed)
            

Deprecated.

Decide whether or not online checking is allowed.

Parameters:

onlineCheckingAllowed - a boolean indicating whether the certificate can be verified using online verification results.

verify

             public List<VerificationOK> verify
             (X509Certificate signCert, X509Certificate issuerCert, Date signDate) throws GeneralSecurityException
            

Deprecated.

Checks the validity of the certificate, and calls the next verifier in the chain, if any.

Parameters:

signCert - the certificate that needs to be checked

issuerCert - its issuer

signDate - the date the certificate needs to be valid

Returns:

a list of VerificationOK objects. The list will be empty if the certificate couldn't be verified.

Throws:

GeneralSecurityException - thrown if the certificate has expired, isn't valid yet, or if an exception has been thrown in Certificate#verify.