com.peterphi.std.crypto

Class PEMHelper

java.lang.Object

com.peterphi.std.crypto.PEMHelper

public class PEMHelper
extends Object

PEM handling utilities

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static KeyStore	loadCertificates(File pemFile) Load one or more X.509 Certificates from a PEM file
static Object	parse(org.bouncycastle.util.io.pem.PemObject obj) Parse a PemObject.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

loadCertificates

public static KeyStore loadCertificates(File pemFile)

Load one or more X.509 Certificates from a PEM file

Parameters:

pemFile - A PKCS8 PEM file containing only CERTIFICATE / X.509 CERTIFICATE blocks

Returns:

a JKS KeyStore with the certificate aliases "certindex" where index is the 0-based index of the certificate in the PEM

Throws:

RuntimeException - if a problem occurs

parse

public static Object parse(org.bouncycastle.util.io.pem.PemObject obj)
                    throws GeneralSecurityException

Parse a PemObject. Currently only supports CERTIFICATE / X.509 CERTIFICATE types

Parameters:

obj - a PemObject with a type and with contents

Returns:

a parsed object (or null if the input is null)

Throws:

GeneralSecurityException - if there is a parsing problem

IllegalArgumentException - if the PemObject cannot be recognised