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Interface CredentialReader<T>

Type Parameters:

T - Type of credential to read.

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractEncodedCredentialReader, AbstractX509CredentialReader, PrivateKeyCredentialReader, PublicKeyCredentialReader, SecretKeyCredentialReader, X509CertificateCredentialReader, X509CertificatesCredentialReader, X509CRLCredentialReader

public interface CredentialReader<T>

Reads a security credential (e.g. key, certificate) from a resource.

Version:

$Revision: 2744 $

Author:

Middleware Services

Method Summary

T	read(File file) Reads a credential, commonly in encoded format, from the given file.
T	read(InputStream in) Reads a credential, commonly in encoded format, from the given input stream.

Method Detail

read

T read(File file)
       throws IOException,
              CryptException

Reads a credential, commonly in encoded format, from the given file.

Parameters:

file - File from which to read credential.

Returns:

Credential read from file.

Throws:

IOException - On IO exceptions.

CryptException - On cryptography errors such as invalid formats, unsupported ciphers, illegal settings.

read

T read(InputStream in)
       throws IOException,
              CryptException

Reads a credential, commonly in encoded format, from the given input stream.

Parameters:

in - Input stream from which to read credential.

Returns:

Credential read from input stream.

Throws:

IOException - On IO exceptions.

CryptException - On cryptography errors such as invalid formats, unsupported ciphers, illegal settings.