Package se.litsec.opensaml.utils

Class X509CertificateUtils

java.lang.Object

se.litsec.opensaml.utils.X509CertificateUtils

public class X509CertificateUtils
extends Object

Utilities for handling X.509 certificates.

Author:

Martin Lindström (martin.lindstrom@litsec.se)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static X509Certificate	decodeCertificate(File file)	Given a file containing a X.509 certificate the method returns a X509Certificate object.
static X509Certificate	decodeCertificate(InputStream stream)	Decodes a X509Certificate from an input stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

decodeCertificate

public static X509Certificate decodeCertificate(File file)
                                         throws CertificateException,
                                                FileNotFoundException

Given a file containing a X.509 certificate the method returns a X509Certificate object.

Parameters:

file - the file

Returns:

a X509Certificate object

Throws:

CertificateException - for decoding errors

FileNotFoundException - if the file cannot be found

decodeCertificate

public static X509Certificate decodeCertificate(InputStream stream)
                                         throws CertificateException

Decodes a X509Certificate from an input stream.

Parameters:

stream - the stream to read

Returns:

a X509Certificate object

Throws:

CertificateException - for decoding errors