org.dihedron.crypto.certificates

Class CertificateLoaderFactory

java.lang.Object

org.dihedron.crypto.certificates.CertificateLoaderFactory

public class CertificateLoaderFactory
extends Object

CertificateLoader factory class; in order to create new instances, it uses the set of properties provided as input; no state is kept between invocations, so the class is fully re-entrant. NOTE: before invoking methods from this class, the BouncyCastle security provider must have been laoded.

Author:

Andrea Funto'

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static CertificateLoader	makeCertificateLoader(Properties properties) Creates a new CertificateLoader using the given property set.
static CertificateLoader	makeCertificateLoader(String filename) Creates a new CertificateLoader loading its property set from the given file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

makeCertificateLoader

public static CertificateLoader makeCertificateLoader(String filename)
                                               throws FileNotFoundException,
                                                      IOException,
                                                      CertificateLoaderException

Creates a new CertificateLoader loading its property set from the given file.

Parameters:

properties - a set of properties used to initialise the new Certificateloader.

Returns:

a CertificateLoadrer instance.

Throws:

CertificateLoaderException

FileNotFoundException

IOException

makeCertificateLoader

public static CertificateLoader makeCertificateLoader(Properties properties)
                                               throws CertificateLoaderException

Creates a new CertificateLoader using the given property set.

Parameters:

properties - a set of properties used to initialise the new CertificateLoader.

Returns:

a CertificateLoadrer instance.

Throws:

CertificateLoaderException