Interface CertSelector

All Superinterfaces:
Cloneable
All Known Implementing Classes:
X509CertSelector
public interface CertSelector
extends Cloneable

A selector that defines a set of criteria for selecting Certificates. Classes that implement this interface are often used to specify which Certificates should be retrieved from a CertStore.

Concurrent Access

Unless otherwise specified, the methods defined in this interface are not thread-safe. Multiple threads that need to access a single object concurrently should synchronize amongst themselves and provide the necessary locking. Multiple threads each manipulating separate objects need not synchronize.

Since:
1.4
See Also:
Certificate, CertStore, CertStore.getCertificates(java.security.cert.CertSelector)

Methods

Modifier and Type Method Description
Object clone()

Makes a copy of this CertSelector.
boolean match​(Certificate cert)

Decides whether a Certificate should be selected.

Methods

match

boolean match(Certificate cert)

Decides whether a Certificate should be selected.

Parameters:
cert - the Certificate to be checked
Returns:
true if the Certificate should be selected, false otherwise

clone

Object clone()

Makes a copy of this CertSelector. Changes to the copy will not affect the original and vice versa.

Returns:
a copy of this CertSelector

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