TrustManager

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• TrustManager is the base interface for managing trust material and making trust decisions in JSSE.

• It is used to determine whether credentials from a peer are acceptable.

• TrustManager instances can be created using a TrustManagerFactory or by implementing a subclass.

• Subclasses like X509ExtendedTrustManager and X509TrustManager handle specific certificate-based trust management.

public interface TrustManager

Known Indirect Subclasses X509ExtendedTrustManager, X509TrustManager X509ExtendedTrustManager Extensions to the X509TrustManager interface to support SSL/TLS connection sensitive trust management.  X509TrustManager Instance of this interface manage which X509 certificates may be used to authenticate the remote side of a secure socket.

This is the base interface for JSSE trust managers.

TrustManagers are responsible for managing the trust material that is used when making trust decisions, and for deciding whether credentials presented by a peer should be accepted.

TrustManagers are created by either using a TrustManagerFactory, or by implementing one of the TrustManager subclasses.

See Also

• TrustManagerFactory