Class CertificateVerifier

Namespace

iText.Signatures

Assembly

itext.sign.dll

Superclass for a series of certificate verifiers that will typically be used in a chain.

[Obsolete("starting from 8.0.5.iText.Signatures.Validation.V1.CertificateChainValidator should be used instead.")]
public class CertificateVerifier

Inheritance

object

CertificateVerifier

Derived

RootStoreVerifier

Inherited Members

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ToString()

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

Remarks

Superclass for a series of certificate verifiers that will typically be used in a chain. It wraps another CertificateVerifier that is the next element in the chain of which the verify() method will be called.

Constructors

CertificateVerifier(CertificateVerifier)

Creates the final CertificateVerifier in a chain of verifiers.

public CertificateVerifier(CertificateVerifier verifier)

Parameters

verifier CertificateVerifier

the previous verifier in the chain

Fields

onlineCheckingAllowed

Indicates if going online to verify a certificate is allowed.

protected bool onlineCheckingAllowed

Field Value

bool

verifier

The previous CertificateVerifier in the chain of verifiers.

protected CertificateVerifier verifier

Field Value

CertificateVerifier

Methods

SetOnlineCheckingAllowed(bool)

Decide whether or not online checking is allowed.

public virtual void SetOnlineCheckingAllowed(bool onlineCheckingAllowed)

Parameters

onlineCheckingAllowed bool

a boolean indicating whether the certificate can be verified using online verification results.

Verify(IX509Certificate, IX509Certificate, DateTime)

Checks the validity of the certificate, and calls the next verifier in the chain, if any.

public virtual IList<VerificationOK> Verify(IX509Certificate signCert, IX509Certificate issuerCert, DateTime signDate)

Parameters

signCert IX509Certificate

the certificate that needs to be checked

issuerCert IX509Certificate

its issuer

signDate DateTime

the date the certificate needs to be valid

Returns

IList<VerificationOK>

a list of VerificationOK objects. The list will be empty if the certificate couldn't be verified.