CertSelector

public interface CertSelector implements Cloneable
Known Indirect Subclasses

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.

See Also

Public Method Summary

abstract Object
clone()
Makes a copy of this CertSelector.
abstract boolean
match(Certificate cert)
Decides whether a Certificate should be selected.

Public Methods

public abstract 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

public abstract 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