Class CertPath

protected CertPath(String type)

Create a certificate path with the given type. Most code should use CertificateFactory to create CertPaths.

Parameters:

type - the type of the path

public boolean equals(Object o)

Compares this path to another for semantic equality. To be equal, both must be instances of CertPath, with the same type, and identical certificate lists. Overriding classes must not change this behavior.

Overrides:

equals in interface Object

Parameters:

o - the object to compare to

Returns:

true if the two are equal

public abstract Listextends Certificate> getCertificates()

Returns the immutable, thread-safe list of certificates in this path.

Returns:

the list of certificates, non-null but possibly empty

public abstract byte[] getEncoded()
            throws CertificateEncodingException

Returns the encoded form of this path, via the default encoding.

Returns:

the encoded form

Throws:

CertificateEncodingException - if encoding fails

public abstract byte[] getEncoded(String encoding)
            throws CertificateEncodingException

Returns the encoded form of this path, via the specified encoding.

Parameters:

encoding - the encoding to use

Returns:

the encoded form

Throws:

CertificateEncodingException - if encoding fails or does not exist

public abstract Iterator getEncodings()

Get an immutable iterator over the path encodings (all String names), starting with the default encoding. The iterator will throw an UnsupportedOperationException if an attempt is made to remove items from the list.

Returns:

the iterator of supported encodings in the path

public String getType()

Get the (non-null) type of all certificates in the path.

Returns:

the path certificate type

public int hashCode()

Returns the hashcode of this certificate path. This is defined as:
31 * getType().hashCode() + getCertificates().hashCode().

Overrides:

hashCode in interface Object

Returns:

the hashcode

public String toString()

Convert this Object to a human-readable String. There are no limits placed on how long this String should be or what it should contain. We suggest you make it as intuitive as possible to be able to place it into System.out.println() and such.

It is typical, but not required, to ensure that this method never completes abruptly with a RuntimeException.

This method will be called when performing string concatenation with this object. If the result is null, string concatenation will instead use "null".

The default implementation returns getClass().getName() + "@" + Integer.toHexString(hashCode()).

Overrides:

toString in interface Object

Returns:

the String representing this Object, which may be null

See Also:

getClass(), Object.hashCode(), Class.getName(), Integer.toHexString(int)

protected Object writeReplace()
            throws ObjectStreamException

Serializes the path in its encoded form, to ensure reserialization with the appropriate factory object without worrying about list implementation. The result will always be an instance of CertPath.CertPathRep.

Returns:

the replacement object

Throws:

ObjectStreamException - if the replacement creation fails