Package eu.emi.security.authn.x509

Class ValidationError

java.lang.Object

eu.emi.security.authn.x509.ValidationError

public class ValidationError
extends java.lang.Object

Holds information about a single validation problem with a reference to the certificate chain. Each error may refer to particular certificate in the chain, contains an unique code and a coarse grained category.

Author:

K. Benedyczak

See Also:

ValidationResult, ValidationErrorListener, ValidationErrorCategory

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ValidationError(java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] chain, int position, ValidationErrorCode errorCode, java.lang.Object... params)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
java.security.cert.X509Certificate[]	getChain()
ValidationErrorCategory	getErrorCategory()	Returns a coarse grained error category.
ValidationErrorCode	getErrorCode()	Gets the unique error code.
java.lang.String	getMessage()	Returns human readable message describing this error.
java.lang.Object[]	getParameters()	Gets the error parameters.
int	getPosition()	Returns position in chain of the certificate causing the error.
static java.lang.String	makeReason(java.lang.Throwable t)
static java.lang.String	makeReasonFromStack(java.lang.Throwable t)
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ValidationError

public ValidationError(java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] chain,
                       int position,
                       ValidationErrorCode errorCode,
                       java.lang.Object... params)

Method Detail

makeReasonFromStack

public static java.lang.String makeReasonFromStack(java.lang.Throwable t)

makeReason

public static java.lang.String makeReason(java.lang.Throwable t)

getPosition

public int getPosition()

Returns position in chain of the certificate causing the error. If the error is related to chain inconsistency (so more then one certificate is involved) then the lowest number of the certificate involved must be returned.

Returns:

position of the erroneous certificate in chain or -1 if not defied.

getMessage

public java.lang.String getMessage()

Returns human readable message describing this error. The message is formatted in accordance to the current locale settings.

Returns:

the error message

getErrorCode

public ValidationErrorCode getErrorCode()

Gets the unique error code. Error codes are defined in bundle with messages (in a properties file).

Returns:

the error code

getParameters

public java.lang.Object[] getParameters()

Gets the error parameters.

Returns:

the error parameters

getErrorCategory

public ValidationErrorCategory getErrorCategory()

Returns a coarse grained error category.

Returns:

error category

getChain

public java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] getChain()

Returns:

the certificate chain which caused the validation error

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object