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Also: HttpClient
public interface

TrustStrategy

org.apache.http.conn.ssl.TrustStrategy
Known Indirect Subclasses

Class Overview

A strategy to establish trustworthiness of certificates without consulting the trust manager configured in the actual SSL context. This interface can be used to override the standard JSSE certificate verification process.

Summary

Public Methods
abstract boolean isTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType)
Determines whether the certificate chain can be trusted without consulting the trust manager configured in the actual SSL context.

Public Methods

public abstract boolean isTrusted (X509Certificate[] chain, String authType)

Also: HttpClient

Determines whether the certificate chain can be trusted without consulting the trust manager configured in the actual SSL context. This method can be used to override the standard JSSE certificate verification process.

Please note that, if this method returns false, the trust manager configured in the actual SSL context can still clear the certificate as trusted.

Parameters
chain the peer certificate chain
authType the authentication type based on the client certificate
Returns
  • true if the certificate can be trusted without verification by the trust manager, false otherwise.
Throws
CertificateException thrown if the certificate is not trusted or invalid.