org.dmonix.net.ssl
Class SSLCertificateAccepter

java.lang.Object
  org.dmonix.net.ssl.SSLCertificateAccepter

public class SSLCertificateAccepter

extends java.lang.Object

Singleton class for handling SSL certificates.
The default built-in HostnameVerifier will always accept all certificates.

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2004

Company: dmonix.org

Version:

1.0

Author:

Peter Nerg

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

PRINCIPAL_NAME The name of the principal.

Method Summary

static SSLCertificateAccepter	getInstance() Get an instance of the SSLCertificateAccepter.
void	setHostNameVerifier(javax.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier verifier) Sets a new HostnameVerifier.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

PRINCIPAL_NAME

public static final java.lang.String PRINCIPAL_NAME

The name of the principal.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getInstance

public static SSLCertificateAccepter getInstance()
                                          throws java.security.GeneralSecurityException,
                                                 java.io.IOException

Get an instance of the SSLCertificateAccepter.
Since this class is a singleton the method will always return the same SSLCertificateAccepter.
If the object is not instantiated a new instance will be created.

Returns:

the instance of the SSLCertificateAccepter

Throws:

java.security.GeneralSecurityException

java.io.IOException

setHostNameVerifier

public void setHostNameVerifier(javax.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier verifier)

Sets a new HostnameVerifier.
This allows the user to create own verifiers to manage the received certificates in any desired fashion.

Parameters:

verifier - The new HostNameVerifier

See Also:

HostnameVerifier