Uses of Package
java.security.cert

Packages that use java.security.cert

Package	Description
java.net	Provides the classes for implementing networking applications.
java.security	Provides the classes and interfaces for the security framework.
java.security.cert	Provides classes and interfaces for parsing and managing certificates, certificate revocation lists (CRLs), and certification paths.
java.util.jar	Provides classes for reading and writing the JAR (Java ARchive) file format, which is based on the standard ZIP file format with an optional manifest file.
javax.crypto	Provides the classes and interfaces for cryptographic operations.
javax.net.ssl	Provides classes for the secure socket package.
javax.security.auth.x500	This package contains the classes that should be used to store X500 Principal and X500 Private Crendentials in a Subject.

Classes in java.security.cert used by java.net

Class and Description
Certificate Abstract class for managing a variety of identity certificates.

Classes in java.security.cert used by java.security

Class and Description
Certificate Abstract class for managing a variety of identity certificates.
CertificateException This exception indicates one of a variety of certificate problems.
CertPath An immutable sequence of certificates (a certification path).

Classes in java.security.cert used by java.security.cert

Class and Description
Certificate Abstract class for managing a variety of identity certificates.
CertificateEncodingException Certificate Encoding Exception.
CertificateException This exception indicates one of a variety of certificate problems.
CertificateExpiredException Certificate Expired Exception.
CertificateFactory This class defines the functionality of a certificate factory, which is used to generate certificate, certification path (CertPath) and certificate revocation list (CRL) objects from their encodings.
CertificateFactorySpi This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the CertificateFactory class.
CertificateNotYetValidException Certificate is not yet valid exception.
CertificateParsingException Certificate Parsing Exception.
CertPath An immutable sequence of certificates (a certification path).
CertPathBuilder A class for building certification paths (also known as certificate chains).
CertPathBuilderException An exception indicating one of a variety of problems encountered when building a certification path with a CertPathBuilder.
CertPathBuilderResult A specification of the result of a certification path builder algorithm.
CertPathBuilderSpi The Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the CertPathBuilder class.
CertPathParameters A specification of certification path algorithm parameters.
CertPathValidator A class for validating certification paths (also known as certificate chains).
CertPathValidatorException An exception indicating one of a variety of problems encountered when validating a certification path.
CertPathValidatorException.BasicReason The BasicReason enumerates the potential reasons that a certification path of any type may be invalid.
CertPathValidatorException.Reason The reason the validation algorithm failed.
CertPathValidatorResult A specification of the result of a certification path validator algorithm.
CertPathValidatorSpi The Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the CertPathValidator class.
CertSelector A selector that defines a set of criteria for selecting Certificates.
CertStore A class for retrieving Certificates and CRLs from a repository.
CertStoreException An exception indicating one of a variety of problems retrieving certificates and CRLs from a CertStore.
CertStoreParameters A specification of CertStore parameters.
CertStoreSpi The Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the CertStore class.
CRL This class is an abstraction of certificate revocation lists (CRLs) that have different formats but important common uses.
CRLException CRL (Certificate Revocation List) Exception.
CRLReason The CRLReason enumeration specifies the reason that a certificate is revoked, as defined in RFC 3280: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and CRL Profile.
CRLSelector A selector that defines a set of criteria for selecting CRLs.
Extension This interface represents an X.509 extension.
PKIXCertPathChecker An abstract class that performs one or more checks on an X509Certificate.
PKIXCertPathValidatorResult This class represents the successful result of the PKIX certification path validation algorithm.
PKIXParameters Parameters used as input for the PKIX CertPathValidator algorithm.
PKIXReason The PKIXReason enumerates the potential PKIX-specific reasons that an X.509 certification path may be invalid according to the PKIX (RFC 3280) standard.
PolicyNode An immutable valid policy tree node as defined by the PKIX certification path validation algorithm.
PolicyQualifierInfo An immutable policy qualifier represented by the ASN.1 PolicyQualifierInfo structure.
TrustAnchor A trust anchor or most-trusted Certification Authority (CA).
X509Certificate Abstract class for X.509 certificates.
X509CRLEntry Abstract class for a revoked certificate in a CRL (Certificate Revocation List).
X509Extension Interface for an X.509 extension.

Classes in java.security.cert used by java.util.jar

Class and Description
Certificate Abstract class for managing a variety of identity certificates.

Classes in java.security.cert used by javax.crypto

Class and Description
Certificate Abstract class for managing a variety of identity certificates.

Classes in java.security.cert used by javax.net.ssl

Class and Description
Certificate Abstract class for managing a variety of identity certificates.
CertificateException This exception indicates one of a variety of certificate problems.
CertPathParameters A specification of certification path algorithm parameters.
X509Certificate Abstract class for X.509 certificates.

Classes in java.security.cert used by javax.security.auth.x500

Class and Description
X509Certificate Abstract class for X.509 certificates.