Java tutorial
package org.bouncycastle.cert.jcajce; import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.security.NoSuchProviderException; import java.security.Provider; import java.security.cert.CertificateException; import java.security.cert.CertificateFactory; import java.security.cert.CertificateParsingException; import java.security.cert.X509Certificate; import org.bouncycastle.cert.X509CertificateHolder; /** * Converter for producing X509Certificate objects tied to a specific provider from X509CertificateHolder objects. */ public class JcaX509CertificateConverter { private CertHelper helper = new DefaultCertHelper(); /** * Base constructor, configure with the default provider. */ public JcaX509CertificateConverter() { this.helper = new DefaultCertHelper(); } /** * Set the provider to use from a Provider object. * * @param provider the provider to use. * @return the converter instance. */ public JcaX509CertificateConverter setProvider(Provider provider) { this.helper = new ProviderCertHelper(provider); return this; } /** * Set the provider to use by name. * * @param providerName name of the provider to use. * @return the converter instance. */ public JcaX509CertificateConverter setProvider(String providerName) { this.helper = new NamedCertHelper(providerName); return this; } /** * Use the configured converter to produce a X509Certificate object from a X509CertificateHolder object. * * @param certHolder the holder to be converted * @return a X509Certificate object * @throws CertificateException if the conversion is unable to be made. */ public X509Certificate getCertificate(X509CertificateHolder certHolder) throws CertificateException { try { CertificateFactory cFact = helper.getCertificateFactory("X.509"); return (X509Certificate) cFact.generateCertificate(new ByteArrayInputStream(certHolder.getEncoded())); } catch (IOException e) { throw new ExCertificateParsingException("exception parsing certificate: " + e.getMessage(), e); } catch (NoSuchProviderException e) { throw new ExCertificateException("cannot find required provider:" + e.getMessage(), e); } } private class ExCertificateParsingException extends CertificateParsingException { private Throwable cause; public ExCertificateParsingException(String msg, Throwable cause) { super(msg); this.cause = cause; } public Throwable getCause() { return cause; } } private class ExCertificateException extends CertificateException { private Throwable cause; public ExCertificateException(String msg, Throwable cause) { super(msg); this.cause = cause; } public Throwable getCause() { return cause; } } }