BEA WebLogic Server 9.0 API Reference

weblogic.security.SSL
Class SSLValidationConstants

java.lang.Object
  weblogic.security.SSL.SSLValidationConstants

public final class SSLValidationConstants

extends Object

Defines context element names.

SSL performs some built-in validation before it calls one or more CertPathValidator objects to perform additional validation. A validator can reduce the amount of validation it must do by discovering what validation has already been done.

For example, the WebLogic CertPath Provider performs the same Certicom validation that SSL does, and there is no need to duplicate that validation when invoked by SSL. Therefore, SSL puts some information into the context it hands to the validators to indicate what validation has already occurred.

For more information, see the sections that describe certification paths in "Developing Security Providers for WebLogic Server" on http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/index.html.

See Also:

CertPathValidator

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Field Summary

static String

CHAIN_PREVALIDATED_BY_SSL Indicates that SSL has pre-validated the certificate chain.

Constructor Summary

SSLValidationConstants()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

CHAIN_PREVALIDATED_BY_SSL

public static final String CHAIN_PREVALIDATED_BY_SSL

Indicates that SSL has pre-validated the certificate chain.

It does not specify what validation has been done.

This constant defines the context element's name.

The element is a Boolean, which is set to true if SSL has pre-validated the certificate chain, false otherwise

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

SSLValidationConstants

public SSLValidationConstants()