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)

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 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