* This is an abstract class that defines the methods common to all
* CertPaths. Subclasses can handle different kinds of
* certificates (X.509, PGP, etc.).
*
* All CertPath objects have a type, a list of
* Certificates, and one or more supported encodings. Because the
* CertPath class is immutable, a CertPath cannot
* change in any externally visible way after being constructed. This
* stipulation applies to all public fields and methods of this class and any
* added or overridden by subclasses.
*
* The type is a String that identifies the type of
* Certificates in the certification path. For each
* certificate cert in a certification path certPath,
* cert.getType().equals(certPath.getType()) must be
* true.
*
* The list of Certificates is an ordered List of
* zero or more Certificates. This List and all
* of the Certificates contained in it must be immutable.
*
* Each CertPath object must support one or more encodings
* so that the object can be translated into a byte array for storage or
* transmission to other parties. Preferably, these encodings should be
* well-documented standards (such as PKCS#7). One of the encodings supported
* by a CertPath is considered the default encoding. This
* encoding is used if no encoding is explicitly requested (for the
* {@link #getEncoded() getEncoded()} method, for instance).
*
* All CertPath objects are also Serializable.
* CertPath objects are resolved into an alternate
* {@link CertPathRep CertPathRep} object during serialization. This allows
* a CertPath object to be serialized into an equivalent
* representation regardless of its underlying implementation.
*
* CertPath objects can be created with a
* CertificateFactory or they can be returned by other classes,
* such as a CertPathBuilder.
*
* By convention, X.509 CertPaths (consisting of
* X509Certificates), are ordered starting with the target
* certificate and ending with a certificate issued by the trust anchor. That
* is, the issuer of one certificate is the subject of the following one. The
* certificate representing the {@link TrustAnchor TrustAnchor} should not be
* included in the certification path. Unvalidated X.509 CertPaths
* may not follow these conventions. PKIX CertPathValidators will
* detect any departure from these conventions that cause the certification
* path to be invalid and throw a CertPathValidatorException.
*
*
Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support the
* following standard CertPath encodings:
*
* Concurrent Access *
* All CertPath objects must be thread-safe. That is, multiple
* threads may concurrently invoke the methods defined in this class on a
* single CertPath object (or more than one) with no
* ill effects. This is also true for the List returned by
* CertPath.getCertificates.
*
* Requiring CertPath objects to be immutable and thread-safe
* allows them to be passed around to various pieces of code without worrying
* about coordinating access. Providing this thread-safety is
* generally not difficult, since the CertPath and
* List objects in question are immutable.
*
* @see CertificateFactory
* @see CertPathBuilder
*
* @author Yassir Elley
* @since 1.4
*/
public abstract class CertPath implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 6068470306649138683L;
private String type; // the type of certificates in this chain
/**
* Creates a CertPath of the specified type.
*
* This constructor is protected because most users should use a
*
* This algorithm is implemented by this method. If it is overridden,
* the behavior specified here must be maintained.
*
* @param other the object to test for equality with this certification path
* @return true if the specified object is equal to this certification path,
* false otherwise
*/
public boolean equals(Object other) {
if (this == other)
return true;
if (! (other instanceof CertPath))
return false;
CertPath otherCP = (CertPath) other;
if (! otherCP.getType().equals(type))
return false;
List thisCertList = this.getCertificates();
List otherCertList = otherCP.getCertificates();
return(thisCertList.equals(otherCertList));
}
/**
* Returns the hashcode for this certification path. The hash code of
* a certification path is defined to be the result of the following
* calculation:
* CertificateFactory to create CertPaths.
*
* @param type the standard name of the type of
* Certificates in this path
*/
protected CertPath(String type) {
this.type = type;
}
/**
* Returns the type of Certificates in this certification
* path. This is the same string that would be returned by
* {@link java.security.cert.Certificate#getType() cert.getType()}
* for all Certificates in the certification path.
*
* @return the type of Certificates in this certification
* path (never null)
*/
public String getType() {
return type;
}
/**
* Returns an iteration of the encodings supported by this certification
* path, with the default encoding first. Attempts to modify the returned
* Iterator via its remove method result in an
* UnsupportedOperationException.
*
* @return an Iterator over the names of the supported
* encodings (as Strings)
*/
public abstract IteratorCertPaths are equal if and only if their
* types are equal and their certificate Lists (and by
* implication the Certificates in those Lists)
* are equal. A CertPath is never equal to an object that is
* not a CertPath.
*
* This ensures that
* hashCode = path.getType().hashCode();
* hashCode = 31*hashCode + path.getCertificates().hashCode();
* path1.equals(path2) implies that
* path1.hashCode()==path2.hashCode() for any two certification
* paths, path1 and path2, as required by the
* general contract of Object.hashCode.
*
* @return the hashcode value for this certification path
*/
public int hashCode() {
int hashCode = type.hashCode();
hashCode = 31*hashCode + getCertificates().hashCode();
return hashCode;
}
/**
* Returns a string representation of this certification path.
* This calls the toString method on each of the
* Certificates in the path.
*
* @return a string representation of this certification path
*/
public String toString() {
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
Iterator stringIterator =
getCertificates().iterator();
sb.append("\n" + type + " Cert Path: length = "
+ getCertificates().size() + ".\n");
sb.append("[\n");
int i = 1;
while (stringIterator.hasNext()) {
sb.append("=========================================="
+ "===============Certificate " + i + " start.\n");
Certificate stringCert = stringIterator.next();
sb.append(stringCert.toString());
sb.append("\n========================================"
+ "=================Certificate " + i + " end.\n\n\n");
i++;
}
sb.append("\n]");
return sb.toString();
}
/**
* Returns the encoded form of this certification path, using the default
* encoding.
*
* @return the encoded bytes
* @exception CertificateEncodingException if an encoding error occurs
*/
public abstract byte[] getEncoded()
throws CertificateEncodingException;
/**
* Returns the encoded form of this certification path, using the
* specified encoding.
*
* @param encoding the name of the encoding to use
* @return the encoded bytes
* @exception CertificateEncodingException if an encoding error occurs or
* the encoding requested is not supported
*/
public abstract byte[] getEncoded(String encoding)
throws CertificateEncodingException;
/**
* Returns the list of certificates in this certification path.
* The List returned must be immutable and thread-safe.
*
* @return an immutable List of Certificates
* (may be empty, but not null)
*/
public abstract List getCertificates();
/**
* Replaces the CertPath to be serialized with a
* CertPathRep object.
*
* @return the CertPathRep to be serialized
*
* @throws ObjectStreamException if a CertPathRep object
* representing this certification path could not be created
*/
protected Object writeReplace() throws ObjectStreamException {
try {
return new CertPathRep(type, getEncoded());
} catch (CertificateException ce) {
NotSerializableException nse =
new NotSerializableException
("java.security.cert.CertPath: " + type);
nse.initCause(ce);
throw nse;
}
}
/**
* Alternate CertPath class for serialization.
* @since 1.4
*/
protected static class CertPathRep implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 3015633072427920915L;
/** The Certificate type */
private String type;
/** The encoded form of the cert path */
private byte[] data;
/**
* Creates a CertPathRep with the specified
* type and encoded form of a certification path.
*
* @param type the standard name of a CertPath type
* @param data the encoded form of the certification path
*/
protected CertPathRep(String type, byte[] data) {
this.type = type;
this.data = data;
}
/**
* Returns a CertPath constructed from the type and data.
*
* @return the resolved CertPath object
*
* @throws ObjectStreamException if a CertPath could not
* be constructed
*/
protected Object readResolve() throws ObjectStreamException {
try {
CertificateFactory cf = CertificateFactory.getInstance(type);
return cf.generateCertPath(new ByteArrayInputStream(data));
} catch (CertificateException ce) {
NotSerializableException nse =
new NotSerializableException
("java.security.cert.CertPath: " + type);
nse.initCause(ce);
throw nse;
}
}
}
}