com.itextpdf.text.pdf.security
Interface CrlClient

All Known Implementing Classes:

CrlClientOffline, CrlClientOnline

public interface CrlClient

Interface that needs to be implemented if you want to embed Certificate Revocation Lists into your PDF.

Author:

Paulo Soares

Method Summary

java.util.Collection<byte[]>

getEncoded(java.security.cert.X509Certificate checkCert, java.lang.String url) Gets an encoded byte array.

Method Detail

getEncoded

java.util.Collection<byte[]> getEncoded(java.security.cert.X509Certificate checkCert,
                                        java.lang.String url)

Gets an encoded byte array.

Parameters:

checkCert - the certificate from which a CRL URL can be obtained

url - a CRL url if you don't want to obtain it from the certificate

Returns:

a collection of byte array each representing a crl. It may return null or an empty collection