Uses of Package
java.security.cert

Packages that use java.security.cert

Package	Description
com.sun.jarsigner	This package comprises the interfaces and classes used to define the signing mechanism used by the jarsigner tool.
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 Credentials in a Subject.
jdk.security.jarsigner	This package defines APIs for signing jar files.

Classes in java.security.cert used by com.sun.jarsigner

Class	Description
CertificateException	This exception indicates one of a variety of certificate problems.
X509Certificate	Abstract class for X.509 certificates.

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

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

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

Class	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	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.
CertPathChecker	Performs one or more checks on each Certificate of a CertPath.
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 5280: 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 5280) standard.
PKIXRevocationChecker	A PKIXCertPathChecker for checking the revocation status of certificates with the PKIX algorithm.
PKIXRevocationChecker.Option	Various revocation options that can be specified for the revocation checking mechanism.
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).
URICertStoreParameters	Parameters used as input for CertStore algorithms which use information contained in a URI to retrieve certificates and CRLs.
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	Description
Certificate	Abstract class for managing a variety of identity certificates.

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

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

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

Class	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	Description
X509Certificate	Abstract class for X.509 certificates.

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

Class	Description
CertPath	An immutable sequence of certificates (a certification path).