org.xipki.security

Interface SignerFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

P11SignerFactory, P12SignerFactory

public interface SignerFactory

Factory to create ConcurrentContentSigner.

Since:

2.0.0

Author:

Lijun Liao

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canCreateSigner(String type) Indicates whether a signer of the given type can be created or not.
Set<String>	getSupportedSignerTypes() Retrieves the types of supported signers.
ConcurrentContentSigner	newSigner(String type, SignerConf conf, X509Cert[] certificateChain) Creates a new signer.
void	refreshToken(String type)

Method Detail

getSupportedSignerTypes

Set<String> getSupportedSignerTypes()

Retrieves the types of supported signers.

Returns:

lower-case types of supported signers, never null.

canCreateSigner

boolean canCreateSigner(String type)

Indicates whether a signer of the given type can be created or not.

Parameters:

type - Type of the signer. Must no be null.

Returns:

true if signer of the given type can be created, false otherwise.

newSigner

ConcurrentContentSigner newSigner(String type,
                                  SignerConf conf,
                                  X509Cert[] certificateChain)
                           throws org.xipki.util.ObjectCreationException

Creates a new signer.

Parameters:

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

conf - Configuration of the signer. Must not be null.

certificateChain - Certificate chain of the signer. Could be null.

Returns:

new signer.

Throws:

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

refreshToken

void refreshToken(String type)
           throws XiSecurityException

Throws:

XiSecurityException