org.rhq.enterprise.server.plugins.rhnhosted.certificate
Class CertificateFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.rhq.enterprise.server.plugins.rhnhosted.certificate.CertificateFactory

public class CertificateFactory
extends Object

A class for parsing rhq certificates from their XML form. The XML format is identical to the one used by the perl code.

Method Summary

static Certificate	read(File file) Parse a certificate from file.
static Certificate	read(String certString) Parse the certificate from certString.
static Certificate	read(URL url) Parse a certificate from the contents of url.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

read

public static Certificate read(String certString)
                        throws org.jdom.JDOMException,
                               IOException

Parse the certificate from certString.

Parameters:

certString - valid Satellite Certificate in string form

Returns:

the certificate from certString

Throws:

org.jdom.JDOMException - XML parsing fails

IOException - unknown

read

public static Certificate read(File file)
                        throws org.jdom.JDOMException,
                               IOException

Parse a certificate from file. The file must contain the certificate in XML form.

Parameters:

file - the file with the XML certificate

Returns:

the certificate from fle

Throws:

org.jdom.JDOMException - if parsing the XML fails

IOException - if reading the file fails

read

public static Certificate read(URL url)
                        throws org.jdom.JDOMException,
                               IOException

Parse a certificate from the contents of url. The file must contain the certificate in XML form.

Parameters:

url - the URL at which the XML certificate is located

Returns:

the certificate from fle

Throws:

org.jdom.JDOMException - if parsing the XML fails

IOException - if reading the contents of url fails