org.simpleframework.transport
Interface Certificate

public interface Certificate

The Certificate interface represents the certificate that is sent by a client during a secure HTTPS conversation. This may or may not contain an X509 certificate chain from the client. If it does not a CertificateChallenge may be used to issue a renegotiation of the connection. One completion of the renegotiation the challenge executes a completion operation.

Author:

Niall Gallagher

See Also:

CertificateChallenge

Method Summary

X509Certificate[]	getChain() This will return the X509 certificate chain, if any, that has been sent by the client.
CertificateChallenge	getChallenge() This returns a challenge for the certificate.
boolean	isChainPresent() This is used to determine if the X509 certificate chain is present for the request.

Method Detail

getChain

X509Certificate[] getChain()
                           throws Exception

This will return the X509 certificate chain, if any, that has been sent by the client. A certificate chain is typically only send when the server explicitly requests the certificate on the initial connection or when it is challenged for.

Returns:

this returns the clients X509 certificate chain

Throws:

Exception

getChallenge

CertificateChallenge getChallenge()
                                  throws Exception

This returns a challenge for the certificate. A challenge is issued by providing a Runnable task which is to be executed when the challenge has completed. Typically this task should be used to drive completion of an HTTPS request.

Returns:

this returns a challenge for the client certificate

Throws:

Exception

isChainPresent

boolean isChainPresent()
                       throws Exception

This is used to determine if the X509 certificate chain is present for the request. If it is not present then a challenge can be used to request the certificate.

Returns:

true if the certificate chain is present

Throws:

Exception