Package org.forgerock.openam.shared.security.crypto

Class CertificateService

java.lang.Object

org.forgerock.openam.shared.security.crypto.CertificateService

@Supported
public final class CertificateService
extends Object

This service provides operations for querying X509Certificates.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	validate(X509Certificate certificate, String base64EncodedPublicKey)	Validates whether a X509Certificate was signed using the private key that corresponds to the specified public key.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

validate

@Supported
public boolean validate(X509Certificate certificate,
                        String base64EncodedPublicKey)

Validates whether a X509Certificate was signed using the private key that corresponds to the specified public key.

Parameters:

certificate - the X509Certificate to validate against

base64EncodedPublicKey - the base64 encoded public key, the algorithm of which needs to be verified

Returns:

true if the public key's algorithm verifies against the certificate, else false