org.xipki.ca.api.publisher

Interface CertPublisherFactory

public interface CertPublisherFactory

CertPublisher factory interface.

Since:

2.0.0

Author:

Lijun Liao

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canCreatePublisher(String type) Whether Publisher of given type can be created.
Set<String>	getSupportedTypes() Retrieves the types of supported publishers.
CertPublisher	newPublisher(String type) Create new publisher of given type.

Method Detail

getSupportedTypes

Set<String> getSupportedTypes()

Retrieves the types of supported publishers.

Returns:

lower-case types of supported publishers, never null.

canCreatePublisher

boolean canCreatePublisher(String type)

Whether Publisher of given type can be created.

Parameters:

type - Type of the publisher. Must not be null.

Returns:

whether publisher of this type can be created.

newPublisher

CertPublisher newPublisher(String type)
                    throws org.xipki.util.ObjectCreationException

Create new publisher of given type.

Parameters:

type - Type of the publisher. Must not be null.

Returns:

the new created publisher

Throws:

org.xipki.util.ObjectCreationException - if publisher could not be created.