Class CRL

java.lang.Object

java.security.cert.CRL

Direct Known Subclasses:

X509CRL

public abstract class CRL
extends Object

This class is an abstraction of certificate revocation lists (CRLs) that have different formats but important common uses. For example, all CRLs share the functionality of listing revoked certificates, and can be queried on whether they list a given certificate.

Specialized CRL types can be defined by subclassing off of this abstract class.

Since:

1.2

See Also:

• X509CRL
• CertificateFactory

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	CRL(String type)	Creates a CRL of the specified type.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
final String	getType()	Returns the type of this CRL.
abstract boolean	isRevoked(Certificate cert)	Checks whether the given certificate is on this CRL.
abstract String	toString()	Returns a string representation of this CRL.

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

CRL

protected CRL(String type)

Creates a CRL of the specified type.

Parameters:

type - the standard name of the CRL type. See the Java Security Standard Algorithm Names document for information about standard CRL types.

External Specifications

• Java Security Standard Algorithm Names

Method Details

getType

public final String getType()

Returns the type of this CRL.

Returns:

the type of this CRL.

toString

public abstract String toString()

Returns a string representation of this CRL.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a string representation of this CRL.

isRevoked

public abstract boolean isRevoked(Certificate cert)

Checks whether the given certificate is on this CRL.

Parameters:

cert - the certificate to check for.

Returns:

true if the given certificate is on this CRL, false otherwise.