iaik.x509.extensions
Class CRLDistPointsSyntax

java.lang.Object
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  +--iaik.x509.V3Extension
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        +--iaik.x509.extensions.CRLDistPointsSyntax

Direct Known Subclasses:

CRLDistributionPoints, FreshestCRL

public abstract class CRLDistPointsSyntax

extends V3Extension

Abstract super class for the CRLDistributionPoints and FreshestCRL Extensions.

The X.509 Certificate and CRL profile presented in RFC 2459 specifies the CRLDistributionPoints extension for identifiying how CRL information is obtained. The FreshestCRL extensions has been introduced by RFC 2459 successordraft-ietf-pkix-new-part1-06.txt for identifying how delta CRL information is obtained. The ASN.1 syntax is identical to the one of the CRLDistributionPoints extension:

 cRLDistributionPoints ::= {
    CRLDistPointsSyntax }
 

 CRLDistPointsSyntax ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF DistributionPoint
 

 DistributionPoint ::= SEQUENCE {
    distributionPoint       [0]     DistributionPointName OPTIONAL,
    reasons                 [1]     ReasonFlags OPTIONAL,
    cRLIssuer               [2]     GeneralNames OPTIONAL }
 

 DistributionPointName ::= CHOICE {
    fullName                [0]     GeneralNames,
    nameRelativeToCRLIssuer [1]     RelativeDistinguishedName }
 

 ReasonFlags ::= BIT STRING {
    unused                  (0),
    keyCompromise           (1),
    cACompromise            (2),
    affiliationChanged      (3),
    superseded              (4),
    cessationOfOperation    (5),
    certificateHold         (6) }
 

If the cRLDistributionPoints/FreshestCRL extension contains a DistributionPointName of type URI, the following semantics shall be assumed: the URI is a pointer to the current CRL for the associated reasons and will be issued by the associated cRLIssuer. If the distributionPoint omits reasons, the CRL shall include revocations for all reasons. If the distributionPoint omits cRLIssuer, the CRL shall be issued by the CA that issued the certificate.

A CRLDistributionPoints/Freshest object may be created by either using the empty default constructor, or by directly supplying one distribution point which has to be of type DistributionPoint, e.g.:

 GeneralNames distName = new GeneralNames();
 distName.addName(new GeneralName(GeneralName.uniformResourceIdentifier, "http://ca.iaik.com/test.crl"));
 DistributionPoint distributionPoint = new DistributionPoint(distName);
 distributionPoint.setReasonFlags(DistributionPoint.keyCompromise);
 CRLDistributionPoints cRLDistributionPoints = new CRLDistributionPoints(distributionPoint);
 

Any further distribution point can be added by using the addDistributionPoint method:

cRLDistributionPoints.addDistributionPoint(<a_second_distribution_point>); ...

For adding a CRLDistributionPoints extension object to a X509Certificate, use the addExtension method of the iaik.x509.X509Certificate class:

 X505Certificate cert = new X509Certificate();
   ...
 cert.addExtension(cRLDistributionPoints);
 

Version:

File Revision 8

See Also:

DistributionPoint, GeneralNames, Name, V3Extension, X509Extensions, X509Certificate, CRLDistributionPoints, FreshestCRL

Fields inherited from class iaik.x509.V3Extension

critical

Constructor Summary

CRLDistPointsSyntax()
Default constructor.

CRLDistPointsSyntax(DistributionPoint dp)
Creates an CRLDistPointsSyntax object and adds a DistributionPoint.

Method Summary

void	addDistributionPoint(DistributionPoint dp) Adds a distribution point to this CRLDistPointsSyntax extension.
Enumeration	getDistributionPoints() Returns an enumeration of the distribution points included into this CRLDistPointsSyntax extension.
void	init(ASN1Object obj) Inits this CRLDistPointsSyntax implementation with an ASN1object representing the value of this extension.
void	removeAllDistributionPoints() Removes all distribution points from this CRLDistPointsSyntax extension.
ASN1Object	toASN1Object() Returns an ASN1Object representing the value of this CRLDistPointsSyntax extension object.
String	toString() Returns a string that represents the contents of this CRLDistPointsSyntax extension.

Methods inherited from class iaik.x509.V3Extension

getName, getObjectID, hashCode, isCritical, setCritical

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CRLDistPointsSyntax

public CRLDistPointsSyntax()

Default constructor. Creates an empty CRLDistPointsSyntax object.

For adding a distribution point use the addDistributionPoint method. Any distribution point to be added has to be of type iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint, e.g.:

 GeneralNames distName = new GeneralNames();
 distName.addName(new GeneralName(GeneralName.uniformResourceIdentifier, "http://ca.iaik.com/test.crl"));
 DistributionPoint distributionPoint = new DistributionPoint(distName);
 distributionPoint.setReasonFlags(DistributionPoint.keyCompromise);
 CRLDistributionPoints cRLDistributionPoints = new CRLDistributionPoints();
 cRLDistributionPoints.addDistributionPoint(distributionPoint);
 

See Also:

DistributionPoint

CRLDistPointsSyntax

public CRLDistPointsSyntax(DistributionPoint dp)

Creates an CRLDistPointsSyntax object and adds a DistributionPoint.

The distribution point to be added has to be of type iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint, e.g.:

 GeneralNames distName = new GeneralNames();
 distName.addName(new GeneralName(GeneralName.uniformResourceIdentifier, "http://ca.iaik.com/test.crl"));
 DistributionPoint distributionPoint = new DistributionPoint(distName);
 distributionPoint.setReasonFlags(DistributionPoint.keyCompromise);
 CRLDistributionPoints cRLDistributionPoints = new CRLDistributionPoints(distributionPoint);
 

Parameters:

dp - the distribution point to add

See Also:

DistributionPoint

Method Detail

init

public void init(ASN1Object obj)
          throws X509ExtensionException

Inits this CRLDistPointsSyntax implementation with an ASN1object representing the value of this extension.

The given ASN1Object consits of a Sequence of distribution points included in the CRLDistPointsSyntax object.

The given ASN1Object is the one created by toASN1Object().

This method is used by the X509Extensions class when parsing the ASN.1 representation of a certificate for properly initializing an included CRLDistPointsSyntax. This method initializes the extension only with its value, but not with its critical specification. For that reason, this method shall not be explicitly called by an application.

Overrides:

init in class V3Extension

Parameters:

obj - the CRLDistPointsSyntax as ASN1Object

Throws:

X509ExtensionException - if the extension could not be parsed

toASN1Object

public ASN1Object toASN1Object()
                        throws X509ExtensionException

Returns an ASN1Object representing the value of this CRLDistPointsSyntax extension object.

The ASN1Object is an ASN.1 Sequence including any distribution point that has been added to this CRLDistPointsSyntax object.

 cRLDistributionPoints ::= {
    CRLDistPointsSyntax }

 CRLDistPointsSyntax ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF DistributionPoint
 

Overrides:

toASN1Object in class V3Extension

Returns:

the value of this CRLDistPointsSyntax as ASN1Object

addDistributionPoint

public void addDistributionPoint(DistributionPoint dp)

Adds a distribution point to this CRLDistPointsSyntax extension. The distribution point to be added has to be of type iaik.asn1.structures.DistributionPoint, e.g.:

 RDN distributionPointName = new RDN();
 distributionPointName.addAVA(ObjectID.country, "AT");
 distributionPointName.addAVA(ObjectID.locality, "Graz");
 distributionPointName.addAVA(ObjectID.organization ,"TU Graz");
 distributionPointName.addAVA(ObjectID.organizationalUnit ,"IAIK");
 distributionPointName.addAVA(ObjectID.commonName ,"http://ca.iaik.com/");
 DistributionPoint distributionPoint = new DistributionPoint(distributionPointName);
 cRLDistributionPoints.addDistributionPoint(distributionPoint);
 

Parameters:

dp - the distribution point to add

See Also:

DistributionPoint

removeAllDistributionPoints

public void removeAllDistributionPoints()

Removes all distribution points from this CRLDistPointsSyntax extension.

getDistributionPoints

public Enumeration getDistributionPoints()

Returns an enumeration of the distribution points included into this CRLDistPointsSyntax extension.

Returns:

an enumeration of the distribution points

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string that represents the contents of this CRLDistPointsSyntax extension.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

the string representation