org.eclipse.osgi.internal.provisional.verifier
Interface CertificateVerifier

public interface CertificateVerifier

A certificate verifier is used to verify the authenticity of a signed repository. A certificate verifier is created using a CertificateVerifierFactory.

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Method Summary

void	checkContent() Verify the content of the repository.
CertificateChain[]	getChains() Returns all certificate chains of the repository.
boolean	isSigned() Returns true if the repository is signed
java.lang.String[]	verifyContent() Verifies the content of the repository.

Method Detail

checkContent

void checkContent()
                  throws java.security.cert.CertificateException,
                         java.security.cert.CertificateExpiredException,
                         java.security.SignatureException

Verify the content of the repository.

Throws:

java.security.cert.CertificateException

java.security.cert.CertificateExpiredException

java.security.cert.CertificateParsingException

java.security.SignatureException

verifyContent

java.lang.String[] verifyContent()

Verifies the content of the repository. An array is returned with the entry names which are corrupt. If no entries are corrupt then an empty array is returned.

Returns:

An array of entry names which are corrupt. An empty array is returned if the repository is not corrupt or if the repository is not signed.

isSigned

boolean isSigned()

Returns true if the repository is signed

Returns:

true if the repository is signed

getChains

CertificateChain[] getChains()

Returns all certificate chains of the repository. All certificate chains are returned whether they are trusted or not. If the repository is not signed then an empty array is returned.

Returns:

all certificate chains of the repository