• Interface Summary 

  Interface	Description
  CertPathBuilderResult	A specification of the result of a certification path builder algorithm.
  CertPathChecker	Performs one or more checks on each Certificate of a CertPath.
  CertPathParameters	A specification of certification path algorithm parameters.
  CertPathValidatorException.Reason	The reason the validation algorithm failed.
  CertPathValidatorResult	A specification of the result of a certification path validator algorithm.
  CertSelector	A selector that defines a set of criteria for selecting Certificates.
  CertStoreParameters	A specification of CertStore parameters.
  CRLSelector	A selector that defines a set of criteria for selecting CRLs.
  Extension	This interface represents an X.509 extension.
  PolicyNode	An immutable valid policy tree node as defined by the PKIX certification path validation algorithm.
  X509Extension	Interface for an X.509 extension.

• Class Summary 

  Class	Description
  Certificate	Abstract class for managing a variety of identity certificates.
  Certificate.CertificateRep	Alternate Certificate class for serialization.
  CertificateFactory	This class defines the functionality of a certificate factory, which is used to generate certificate, certification path (CertPath) and certificate revocation list (CRL) objects from their encodings.
  CertificateFactorySpi	This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the CertificateFactory class.
  CertPath	An immutable sequence of certificates (a certification path).
  CertPath.CertPathRep	Alternate CertPath class for serialization.
  CertPathBuilder	A class for building certification paths (also known as certificate chains).
  CertPathBuilderSpi	The Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the CertPathBuilder class.
  CertPathValidator	A class for validating certification paths (also known as certificate chains).
  CertPathValidatorSpi	The Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the CertPathValidator class.
  CertStore	A class for retrieving Certificates and CRLs from a repository.
  CertStoreSpi	The Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the CertStore class.
  CollectionCertStoreParameters	Parameters used as input for the Collection CertStore algorithm.
  CRL	This class is an abstraction of certificate revocation lists (CRLs) that have different formats but important common uses.
  LDAPCertStoreParameters	Parameters used as input for the LDAP CertStore algorithm.
  PKIXBuilderParameters	Parameters used as input for the PKIX CertPathBuilder algorithm.
  PKIXCertPathBuilderResult	This class represents the successful result of the PKIX certification path builder algorithm.
  PKIXCertPathChecker	An abstract class that performs one or more checks on an X509Certificate.
  PKIXCertPathValidatorResult	This class represents the successful result of the PKIX certification path validation algorithm.
  PKIXParameters	Parameters used as input for the PKIX CertPathValidator algorithm.
  PKIXRevocationChecker	A PKIXCertPathChecker for checking the revocation status of certificates with the PKIX algorithm.
  PolicyQualifierInfo	An immutable policy qualifier represented by the ASN.1 PolicyQualifierInfo structure.
  TrustAnchor	A trust anchor or most-trusted Certification Authority (CA).
  X509Certificate	Abstract class for X.509 certificates.
  X509CertSelector	A CertSelector that selects X509Certificates that match all specified criteria.
  X509CRL	Abstract class for an X.509 Certificate Revocation List (CRL).
  X509CRLEntry	Abstract class for a revoked certificate in a CRL (Certificate Revocation List).
  X509CRLSelector	A CRLSelector that selects X509CRLs that match all specified criteria.

• Enum Summary 

  Enum	Description
  CertPathValidatorException.BasicReason	The BasicReason enumerates the potential reasons that a certification path of any type may be invalid.
  CRLReason	The CRLReason enumeration specifies the reason that a certificate is revoked, as defined in RFC 3280: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and CRL Profile.
  PKIXReason	The PKIXReason enumerates the potential PKIX-specific reasons that an X.509 certification path may be invalid according to the PKIX (RFC 3280) standard.
  PKIXRevocationChecker.Option	Various revocation options that can be specified for the revocation checking mechanism.

• Exception Summary 

  Exception	Description
  CertificateEncodingException	Certificate Encoding Exception.
  CertificateException	This exception indicates one of a variety of certificate problems.
  CertificateExpiredException	Certificate Expired Exception.
  CertificateNotYetValidException	Certificate is not yet valid exception.
  CertificateParsingException	Certificate Parsing Exception.
  CertificateRevokedException	An exception that indicates an X.509 certificate is revoked.
  CertPathBuilderException	An exception indicating one of a variety of problems encountered when building a certification path with a CertPathBuilder.
  CertPathValidatorException	An exception indicating one of a variety of problems encountered when validating a certification path.
  CertStoreException	An exception indicating one of a variety of problems retrieving certificates and CRLs from a CertStore.
  CRLException	CRL (Certificate Revocation List) Exception.

Package java.security.cert Description

Since:

1.2