com.itextpdf.text.pdf.security

Interface CrlClient

All Known Implementing Classes:

CrlClientOffline, CrlClientOnline

public interface CrlClient

Interface that needs to be implemented if you want to embed Certificate Revocation Lists into your PDF.

Author:

Paulo Soares

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Collection	getEncoded(X509Certificate checkCert, String url) Gets an encoded byte array.

Method Detail

getEncoded

Collection getEncoded(X509Certificate checkCert,
                              String url)

Gets an encoded byte array.

Parameters:

checkCert - the certificate from which a CRL URL can be obtained

url - a CRL url if you don't want to obtain it from the certificate

Returns:

a collection of byte array each representing a crl. It may return null or an empty collection