Package org.opensaml.xmlsec.signature.support

Interface SignatureValidationProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

ApacheSantuarioSignatureValidationProviderImpl

@ThreadSafe
public interface SignatureValidationProvider

Interface for a provider component that cryptographically validates an XML Signature Signature using a candidate validation Credential.

Implementations must be thread-safe.

Instances of this classes are usually used via the SignatureValidator service class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	validate(Signature signature, Credential validationCredential)	Validate the given XML Signature using the given candidate validation Credential.

Method Details

validate

void validate(@Nonnull
 Signature signature,
 @Nonnull
 Credential validationCredential)
       throws SignatureException

Validate the given XML Signature using the given candidate validation Credential.

Parameters:

signature - the XMLSignature to validate

validationCredential - the candidate validation Credential

Throws:

SignatureException - if the signature does not validate using the candiate Credential, or if there is otherwise an error during the validation operation