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- All Superinterfaces:
Cloneable
- All Known Implementing Classes:
X509CertSelector
public interface CertSelector extends Cloneable
A selector that defines a set of criteria for selectingCertificates. Classes that implement this interface are often used to specify whichCertificates should be retrieved from aCertStore.Concurrent Access
Unless otherwise specified, the methods defined in this interface 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.
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- 1.4
- See Also:
Certificate,CertStore,CertStore.getCertificates(java.security.cert.CertSelector)
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Modifier and Type Method Description Objectclone()Makes a copy of thisCertSelector.booleanmatch(Certificate cert)Decides whether aCertificateshould be selected.
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Method Detail
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match
boolean match(Certificate cert)
Decides whether aCertificateshould be selected.- Parameters:
cert- theCertificateto be checked- Returns:
trueif theCertificateshould be selected,falseotherwise
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clone
Object clone()
Makes a copy of thisCertSelector. Changes to the copy will not affect the original and vice versa.- Returns:
- a copy of this
CertSelector
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