org.bouncycastle.x509

Class X509StreamParserSpi

Known Direct Subclasses:
X509AttrCertParser, X509CertPairParser, X509CertParser, X509CRLParser

public abstract class X509StreamParserSpi
extends java.lang.Object

This abstract class defines the service provider interface (SPI) for X509StreamParser.
See Also:
X509StreamParser

Method Summary

abstract void
engineInit(InputStream in)
Initializes this stream parser with the input stream.
abstract Object
engineRead()
Returns the next X.509 object of the type of this SPI from the given input stream.
abstract Collection
engineReadAll()
Returns all X.509 objects of the type of this SPI from the given input stream.

Method Details

engineInit

public abstract void engineInit(InputStream in)
Initializes this stream parser with the input stream.
Parameters:
in - The input stream.

engineRead

public abstract Object engineRead()
            throws org.bouncycastle.util.StreamParsingException
Returns the next X.509 object of the type of this SPI from the given input stream.
Returns:
the next X.509 object in the stream or null if the end of the stream is reached.
Throws:
org.bouncycastle.util.StreamParsingException - if the object cannot be created from input stream.

engineReadAll

public abstract Collection engineReadAll()
            throws org.bouncycastle.util.StreamParsingException
Returns all X.509 objects of the type of this SPI from the given input stream.
Returns:
A collection of all X.509 objects in the input stream or null if the end of the stream is reached.
Throws:
org.bouncycastle.util.StreamParsingException - if an object cannot be created from input stream.