CertSelector (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)
- All Superinterfaces:
Cloneable
All Known Implementing Classes:
X509CertSelector
public interface CertSelector
extends Cloneable
A selector that defines a set of criteria for selectingCertificates. 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)
Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Abstract 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. Method Detail
* #### match boolean match([Certificate](../../../java/security/cert/Certificate.html "class in java.security.cert") 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](../../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang") 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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