ice.ssl
Class CertificateErrorInfo

java.lang.Object
  ice.ssl.CertificateErrorInfo

public class CertificateErrorInfo

extends Object

Contains informations usefull to efficiently treat and display server certificate errors.

Since:

ICEsecure 1.1

Author:

Jerome Bugnet

Field Summary

static int	EXPIRED_DATE The certificate is no longer valid.
static int	INVALID_SIGNATURE The signature is not verified with the CA's public key.
static int	NOT_MATCHING_HOST_NAME The certificate has been issued for a site that is different from te site you are connecting to.
static int	NOT_TRUSTED_CA The Certificate Authority that signed this certificate is not trusted.
static int	NOT_YET_VALID_DATE The certificate is not yet valid.
static int	PARSING_ERROR An error occured while parsing the certificate.

Method Summary

Object	getFaulty() The wrong parameter, if relevant.
int	getId() Indicates which error has been encountered.
String	getMessage() An optional explanation message.
Object	getShouldBe() What should be the faulty paramter, if relevant.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

PARSING_ERROR

public static final int PARSING_ERROR

An error occured while parsing the certificate.

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Constant Field Values

NOT_TRUSTED_CA

public static final int NOT_TRUSTED_CA

The Certificate Authority that signed this certificate is not trusted.
getFaulty() returns the CA's DN - an instance of ice.cert.X500Name.

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Constant Field Values

INVALID_SIGNATURE

public static final int INVALID_SIGNATURE

The signature is not verified with the CA's public key. This can mean that the certificate has been forged.

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Constant Field Values

NOT_MATCHING_HOST_NAME

public static final int NOT_MATCHING_HOST_NAME

The certificate has been issued for a site that is different from te site you are connecting to.
getFaulty() returns the certificate's host name - an instance of java.lang.String.
getShouldBe() returns the site's host name - an instance of java.lang.String.

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Constant Field Values

EXPIRED_DATE

public static final int EXPIRED_DATE

The certificate is no longer valid.
getFaulty() returns the certificate's valid-to date - an instance of java.util.Date.
getShouldBe() returns this computer's date at the time of parsing the certificate - an instance of java.util.Date.

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Constant Field Values

NOT_YET_VALID_DATE

public static final int NOT_YET_VALID_DATE

The certificate is not yet valid.
getFaulty() returns the certificate's valid-from date - an instance of java.util.Date.
getShouldBe() returns this computer's date at the time of parsing the certificate - an instance of java.util.Date.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getId

public int getId()

Indicates which error has been encountered. See the public fields for the possible return values.

See Also:

PARSING_ERROR, NOT_TRUSTED_CA, INVALID_SIGNATURE, NOT_MATCHING_HOST_NAME, EXPIRED_DATE, NOT_YET_VALID_DATE

getMessage

public String getMessage()

An optional explanation message.

getFaulty

public Object getFaulty()

The wrong parameter, if relevant. See the public fields to know the class of the returned Object.

See Also:

PARSING_ERROR, NOT_TRUSTED_CA, INVALID_SIGNATURE, NOT_MATCHING_HOST_NAME, EXPIRED_DATE, NOT_YET_VALID_DATE

getShouldBe

public Object getShouldBe()

What should be the faulty paramter, if relevant. See the public fields to know the class of the return Object. This usually returns an object of the same class as getFaulty(). This method may return null even if getFaulty() returns an object, but it never returns an object if getFaulty() does not return an object.

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PARSING_ERROR, NOT_TRUSTED_CA, INVALID_SIGNATURE, NOT_MATCHING_HOST_NAME, EXPIRED_DATE, NOT_YET_VALID_DATE