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PKIXCertPathBuilderResult.javaAPI DocJava SE 5 API3887Fri Aug 26 14:57:16 BST 2005java.security.cert

PKIXCertPathBuilderResult

public class PKIXCertPathBuilderResult extends PKIXCertPathValidatorResult implements CertPathBuilderResult
This class represents the successful result of the PKIX certification path builder algorithm. All certification paths that are built and returned using this algorithm are also validated according to the PKIX certification path validation algorithm.

Instances of PKIXCertPathBuilderResult are returned by the build method of CertPathBuilder objects implementing the PKIX algorithm.

All PKIXCertPathBuilderResult objects contain the certification path constructed by the build algorithm, the valid policy tree and subject public key resulting from the build algorithm, and a TrustAnchor describing the certification authority (CA) that served as a trust anchor for the certification path.

Concurrent Access

Unless otherwise specified, the methods defined in this class 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
CertPathBuilderResult
version
1.9 12/19/03
since
1.4
author
Anne Anderson

Fields Summary
private CertPath
certPath
Constructors Summary
public PKIXCertPathBuilderResult(CertPath certPath, TrustAnchor trustAnchor, PolicyNode policyTree, PublicKey subjectPublicKey)
Creates an instance of PKIXCertPathBuilderResult containing the specified parameters.

param
certPath the validated CertPath
param
trustAnchor a TrustAnchor describing the CA that served as a trust anchor for the certification path
param
policyTree the immutable valid policy tree, or null if there are no valid policies
param
subjectPublicKey the public key of the subject
throws
NullPointerException if the certPath, trustAnchor or subjectPublicKey parameters are null

	super(trustAnchor, policyTree, subjectPublicKey);
	if (certPath == null)
	    throw new NullPointerException("certPath must be non-null");
	this.certPath = certPath;
Methods Summary
public java.security.cert.CertPathgetCertPath()
Returns the built and validated certification path. The CertPath object does not include the trust anchor. Instead, use the {@link #getTrustAnchor() getTrustAnchor()} method to obtain the TrustAnchor that served as the trust anchor for the certification path.

return
the built and validated CertPath (never null)

	return certPath;
public java.lang.StringtoString()
Return a printable representation of this PKIXCertPathBuilderResult.

return
a String describing the contents of this PKIXCertPathBuilderResult

        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        sb.append("PKIXCertPathBuilderResult: [\n");
        sb.append("  Certification Path: " + certPath + "\n");
        sb.append("  Trust Anchor: " + getTrustAnchor().toString() + "\n");
        sb.append("  Policy Tree: " + String.valueOf(getPolicyTree()) + "\n");
        sb.append("  Subject Public Key: " + getPublicKey() + "\n");
        sb.append("]");
        return sb.toString();