Class JWSValidator

java.lang.Object

de.christofreichardt.json.websignature.JWSBase

de.christofreichardt.json.websignature.JWSValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

de.christofreichardt.diagnosis.Traceable

public class JWSValidator
extends JWSBase
implements de.christofreichardt.diagnosis.Traceable

Low level class for the validating JSON web signatures. Subject to change. Do not use. The preferred entry point is the Fluent API.

Author:

Christof Reichardt

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
JWSValidator(JWSCompactSerialization compactSerialization)	Creates a JWSValidator by taking a JWS compact serialization as input.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
de.christofreichardt.diagnosis.AbstractTracer	getCurrentTracer()
boolean	validate(Key key)	Validates the JSON web signature by using the given Key.

Methods inherited from class JWSBase

decodeToBytes, encode, encode, getJoseHeader, getPayload, getStrJoseHeader, getStrPayload

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

JWSValidator

public JWSValidator(JWSCompactSerialization compactSerialization)

Creates a JWSValidator by taking a JWS compact serialization as input.

Parameters:

compactSerialization - the to be validated JWS compact serialization

Method Details

validate

public boolean validate(Key key)
                 throws GeneralSecurityException

Validates the JSON web signature by using the given Key. In the event of assymetric algorithms (indicated by the JOSE header) this MUST be a PublicKey whereas symmetric algorithms require a SecretKey.

Parameters:

key - the to used Key

Returns:

indicates if the signature is valid

Throws:

GeneralSecurityException - indicates that a problem occured during the signing process

getCurrentTracer

public de.christofreichardt.diagnosis.AbstractTracer getCurrentTracer()

Specified by:

getCurrentTracer in interface de.christofreichardt.diagnosis.Traceable