SSLContext (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)

java.lang.Object
- javax.net.ssl.SSLContext

public class SSLContext
extends Object
Instances of this class represent a secure socket protocol implementation which acts as a factory for secure socket factories or SSLEngines. This class is initialized with an optional set of key and trust managers and source of secure random bytes.
Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support the following standard SSLContext protocol:

TLSv1
This protocol is described in the SSLContext section of the Java Cryptography Architecture Standard Algorithm Name Documentation. Consult the release documentation for your implementation to see if any other algorithms are supported.
Since:
1.4

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	SSLContext(SSLContextSpi contextSpi,Provider provider,String protocol)	Creates an SSLContext object.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
SSLEngine	createSSLEngine()	Creates a new SSLEngine using this context.
SSLEngine	createSSLEngine(String peerHost, int peerPort)	Creates a new SSLEngine using this context using advisory peer information.
SSLSessionContext	getClientSessionContext()	Returns the client session context, which represents the set of SSL sessions available for use during the handshake phase of client-side SSL sockets.
static SSLContext	getDefault()	Returns the default SSL context.
SSLParameters	getDefaultSSLParameters()	Returns a copy of the SSLParameters indicating the default settings for this SSL context.
static SSLContext	getInstance(String protocol)	Returns a SSLContext object that implements the specified secure socket protocol.
static SSLContext	getInstance(String protocol,Provider provider)	Returns a SSLContext object that implements the specified secure socket protocol.
static SSLContext	getInstance(String protocol,String provider)	Returns a SSLContext object that implements the specified secure socket protocol.
String	getProtocol()	Returns the protocol name of this SSLContext object.
Provider	getProvider()	Returns the provider of this SSLContext object.
SSLSessionContext	getServerSessionContext()	Returns the server session context, which represents the set of SSL sessions available for use during the handshake phase of server-side SSL sockets.
SSLServerSocketFactory	getServerSocketFactory()	Returns a ServerSocketFactory object for this context.
SSLSocketFactory	getSocketFactory()	Returns a SocketFactory object for this context.
SSLParameters	getSupportedSSLParameters()	Returns a copy of the SSLParameters indicating the supported settings for this SSL context.
void	init(KeyManager[] km,TrustManager[] tm,SecureRandom random)	Initializes this context.
static void	setDefault(SSLContext context)	Sets the default SSL context.

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Constructor Detail

 * #### SSLContext  
 protected SSLContext([SSLContextSpi](../../../javax/net/ssl/SSLContextSpi.html "class in javax.net.ssl") contextSpi,  
                      [Provider](../../../java/security/Provider.html "class in java.security") provider,  
                      [String](../../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") protocol)  
 Creates an SSLContext object.  
 Parameters:  
 `contextSpi` \- the delegate  
 `provider` \- the provider  
 `protocol` \- the protocol

Method Detail

* #### getDefault  
public static [SSLContext](../../../javax/net/ssl/SSLContext.html "class in javax.net.ssl") getDefault()  
                             throws [NoSuchAlgorithmException](../../../java/security/NoSuchAlgorithmException.html "class in java.security")  
Returns the default SSL context.  
If a default context was set using the [SSLContext.setDefault()](../../../javax/net/ssl/SSLContext.html#setDefault-javax.net.ssl.SSLContext-) method, it is returned. Otherwise, the first call of this method triggers the call`SSLContext.getInstance("Default")`. If successful, that object is made the default SSL context and returned.  
The default context is immediately usable and does not require [initialization](../../../javax/net/ssl/SSLContext.html#init-javax.net.ssl.KeyManager:A-javax.net.ssl.TrustManager:A-java.security.SecureRandom-).  
Returns:  
the default SSL context  
Throws:  
`[NoSuchAlgorithmException](../../../java/security/NoSuchAlgorithmException.html "class in java.security")` \- if the[SSLContext.getInstance()](../../../javax/net/ssl/SSLContext.html#getInstance-java.lang.String-) call fails  
Since:  
1.6  
* #### setDefault  
public static void setDefault([SSLContext](../../../javax/net/ssl/SSLContext.html "class in javax.net.ssl") context)  
Sets the default SSL context. It will be returned by subsequent calls to [getDefault()](../../../javax/net/ssl/SSLContext.html#getDefault--). The default context must be immediately usable and not require [initialization](../../../javax/net/ssl/SSLContext.html#init-javax.net.ssl.KeyManager:A-javax.net.ssl.TrustManager:A-java.security.SecureRandom-).  
Parameters:  
`context` \- the SSLContext  
Throws:  
`[NullPointerException](../../../java/lang/NullPointerException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if context is null  
`[SecurityException](../../../java/lang/SecurityException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if a security manager exists and its`checkPermission` method does not allow`SSLPermission("setDefaultSSLContext")`  
Since:  
1.6  
* #### getInstance  
public static [SSLContext](../../../javax/net/ssl/SSLContext.html "class in javax.net.ssl") getInstance([String](../../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") protocol)  
                              throws [NoSuchAlgorithmException](../../../java/security/NoSuchAlgorithmException.html "class in java.security")  
Returns a `SSLContext` object that implements the specified secure socket protocol.  
 This method traverses the list of registered security Providers, starting with the most preferred Provider. A new SSLContext object encapsulating the SSLContextSpi implementation from the first Provider that supports the specified protocol is returned.  
 Note that the list of registered providers may be retrieved via the [Security.getProviders()](../../../java/security/Security.html#getProviders--) method.  
Parameters:  
`protocol` \- the standard name of the requested protocol. See the SSLContext section in the [ Java Cryptography Architecture Standard Algorithm Name Documentation](../../../../technotes/guides/security/StandardNames.html#SSLContext) for information about standard protocol names.  
Returns:  
the new `SSLContext` object.  
Throws:  
`[NoSuchAlgorithmException](../../../java/security/NoSuchAlgorithmException.html "class in java.security")` \- if no Provider supports a SSLContextSpi implementation for the specified protocol.  
`[NullPointerException](../../../java/lang/NullPointerException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if protocol is null.  
See Also:  
[Provider](../../../java/security/Provider.html "class in java.security")  
* #### getInstance  
public static [SSLContext](../../../javax/net/ssl/SSLContext.html "class in javax.net.ssl") getInstance([String](../../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") protocol,  
                                     [String](../../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") provider)  
                              throws [NoSuchAlgorithmException](../../../java/security/NoSuchAlgorithmException.html "class in java.security"),  
                                     [NoSuchProviderException](../../../java/security/NoSuchProviderException.html "class in java.security")  
Returns a `SSLContext` object that implements the specified secure socket protocol.  
 A new SSLContext object encapsulating the SSLContextSpi implementation from the specified provider is returned. The specified provider must be registered in the security provider list.  
 Note that the list of registered providers may be retrieved via the [Security.getProviders()](../../../java/security/Security.html#getProviders--) method.  
Parameters:  
`protocol` \- the standard name of the requested protocol. See the SSLContext section in the [ Java Cryptography Architecture Standard Algorithm Name Documentation](../../../../technotes/guides/security/StandardNames.html#SSLContext) for information about standard protocol names.  
`provider` \- the name of the provider.  
Returns:  
the new `SSLContext` object.  
Throws:  
`[NoSuchAlgorithmException](../../../java/security/NoSuchAlgorithmException.html "class in java.security")` \- if a SSLContextSpi implementation for the specified protocol is not available from the specified provider.  
`[NoSuchProviderException](../../../java/security/NoSuchProviderException.html "class in java.security")` \- if the specified provider is not registered in the security provider list.  
`[IllegalArgumentException](../../../java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if the provider name is null or empty.  
`[NullPointerException](../../../java/lang/NullPointerException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if protocol is null.  
See Also:  
[Provider](../../../java/security/Provider.html "class in java.security")  
* #### getInstance  
public static [SSLContext](../../../javax/net/ssl/SSLContext.html "class in javax.net.ssl") getInstance([String](../../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") protocol,  
                                     [Provider](../../../java/security/Provider.html "class in java.security") provider)  
                              throws [NoSuchAlgorithmException](../../../java/security/NoSuchAlgorithmException.html "class in java.security")  
Returns a `SSLContext` object that implements the specified secure socket protocol.  
 A new SSLContext object encapsulating the SSLContextSpi implementation from the specified Provider object is returned. Note that the specified Provider object does not have to be registered in the provider list.  
Parameters:  
`protocol` \- the standard name of the requested protocol. See the SSLContext section in the [ Java Cryptography Architecture Standard Algorithm Name Documentation](../../../../technotes/guides/security/StandardNames.html#SSLContext) for information about standard protocol names.  
`provider` \- an instance of the provider.  
Returns:  
the new `SSLContext` object.  
Throws:  
`[NoSuchAlgorithmException](../../../java/security/NoSuchAlgorithmException.html "class in java.security")` \- if a SSLContextSpi implementation for the specified protocol is not available from the specified Provider object.  
`[IllegalArgumentException](../../../java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if the provider is null.  
`[NullPointerException](../../../java/lang/NullPointerException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if protocol is null.  
See Also:  
[Provider](../../../java/security/Provider.html "class in java.security")  
* #### getProtocol  
public final [String](../../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") getProtocol()  
Returns the protocol name of this `SSLContext` object.  
This is the same name that was specified in one of the`getInstance` calls that created this`SSLContext` object.  
Returns:  
the protocol name of this `SSLContext` object.  
* #### getProvider  
public final [Provider](../../../java/security/Provider.html "class in java.security") getProvider()  
Returns the provider of this `SSLContext` object.  
Returns:  
the provider of this `SSLContext` object  
* #### init  
public final void init([KeyManager](../../../javax/net/ssl/KeyManager.html "interface in javax.net.ssl")[] km,  
                       [TrustManager](../../../javax/net/ssl/TrustManager.html "interface in javax.net.ssl")[] tm,  
                       [SecureRandom](../../../java/security/SecureRandom.html "class in java.security") random)  
                throws [KeyManagementException](../../../java/security/KeyManagementException.html "class in java.security")  
Initializes this context. Either of the first two parameters may be null in which case the installed security providers will be searched for the highest priority implementation of the appropriate factory. Likewise, the secure random parameter may be null in which case the default implementation will be used.  
 Only the first instance of a particular key and/or trust manager implementation type in the array is used. (For example, only the first javax.net.ssl.X509KeyManager in the array will be used.)  
Parameters:  
`km` \- the sources of authentication keys or null  
`tm` \- the sources of peer authentication trust decisions or null  
`random` \- the source of randomness for this generator or null  
Throws:  
`[KeyManagementException](../../../java/security/KeyManagementException.html "class in java.security")` \- if this operation fails  
* #### getSocketFactory  
public final [SSLSocketFactory](../../../javax/net/ssl/SSLSocketFactory.html "class in javax.net.ssl") getSocketFactory()  
Returns a `SocketFactory` object for this context.  
Returns:  
the `SocketFactory` object  
Throws:  
`[IllegalStateException](../../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if the SSLContextImpl requires initialization and the `init()` has not been called  
* #### getServerSocketFactory  
public final [SSLServerSocketFactory](../../../javax/net/ssl/SSLServerSocketFactory.html "class in javax.net.ssl") getServerSocketFactory()  
Returns a `ServerSocketFactory` object for this context.  
Returns:  
the `ServerSocketFactory` object  
Throws:  
`[IllegalStateException](../../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if the SSLContextImpl requires initialization and the `init()` has not been called  
* #### createSSLEngine  
public final [SSLEngine](../../../javax/net/ssl/SSLEngine.html "class in javax.net.ssl") createSSLEngine()  
Creates a new `SSLEngine` using this context.  
 Applications using this factory method are providing no hints for an internal session reuse strategy. If hints are desired,[createSSLEngine(String, int)](../../../javax/net/ssl/SSLContext.html#createSSLEngine-java.lang.String-int-) should be used instead.  
 Some cipher suites (such as Kerberos) require remote hostname information, in which case this factory method should not be used.  
Returns:  
the `SSLEngine` object  
Throws:  
`[UnsupportedOperationException](../../../java/lang/UnsupportedOperationException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if the underlying provider does not implement the operation.  
`[IllegalStateException](../../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if the SSLContextImpl requires initialization and the `init()` has not been called  
Since:  
1.5  
* #### createSSLEngine  
public final [SSLEngine](../../../javax/net/ssl/SSLEngine.html "class in javax.net.ssl") createSSLEngine([String](../../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") peerHost,  
                                       int peerPort)  
Creates a new `SSLEngine` using this context using advisory peer information.  
 Applications using this factory method are providing hints for an internal session reuse strategy.  
 Some cipher suites (such as Kerberos) require remote hostname information, in which case peerHost needs to be specified.  
Parameters:  
`peerHost` \- the non-authoritative name of the host  
`peerPort` \- the non-authoritative port  
Returns:  
the new `SSLEngine` object  
Throws:  
`[UnsupportedOperationException](../../../java/lang/UnsupportedOperationException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if the underlying provider does not implement the operation.  
`[IllegalStateException](../../../java/lang/IllegalStateException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if the SSLContextImpl requires initialization and the `init()` has not been called  
Since:  
1.5  
* #### getServerSessionContext  
public final [SSLSessionContext](../../../javax/net/ssl/SSLSessionContext.html "interface in javax.net.ssl") getServerSessionContext()  
Returns the server session context, which represents the set of SSL sessions available for use during the handshake phase of server-side SSL sockets.  
 This context may be unavailable in some environments, in which case this method returns null. For example, when the underlying SSL provider does not provide an implementation of SSLSessionContext interface, this method returns null. A non-null session context is returned otherwise.  
Returns:  
server session context bound to this SSL context  
* #### getClientSessionContext  
public final [SSLSessionContext](../../../javax/net/ssl/SSLSessionContext.html "interface in javax.net.ssl") getClientSessionContext()  
Returns the client session context, which represents the set of SSL sessions available for use during the handshake phase of client-side SSL sockets.  
 This context may be unavailable in some environments, in which case this method returns null. For example, when the underlying SSL provider does not provide an implementation of SSLSessionContext interface, this method returns null. A non-null session context is returned otherwise.  
Returns:  
client session context bound to this SSL context  
* #### getDefaultSSLParameters  
public final [SSLParameters](../../../javax/net/ssl/SSLParameters.html "class in javax.net.ssl") getDefaultSSLParameters()  
Returns a copy of the SSLParameters indicating the default settings for this SSL context.  
The parameters will always have the ciphersuites and protocols arrays set to non-null values.  
Returns:  
a copy of the SSLParameters object with the default settings  
Throws:  
`[UnsupportedOperationException](../../../java/lang/UnsupportedOperationException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if the default SSL parameters could not be obtained.  
Since:  
1.6  
* #### getSupportedSSLParameters  
public final [SSLParameters](../../../javax/net/ssl/SSLParameters.html "class in javax.net.ssl") getSupportedSSLParameters()  
Returns a copy of the SSLParameters indicating the supported settings for this SSL context.  
The parameters will always have the ciphersuites and protocols arrays set to non-null values.  
Returns:  
a copy of the SSLParameters object with the supported settings  
Throws:  
`[UnsupportedOperationException](../../../java/lang/UnsupportedOperationException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if the supported SSL parameters could not be obtained.  
Since:  
1.6

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