Converting Between javax and java X509Certificates
Some methods in the javax.net.ssl package create certificate objects
that are not compatible with the certificate objects in the
java.security.cert package. This example implements two methods that
convert between the two types of certificate objects.
// Converts to java.security
public static java.security.cert.X509Certificate convert(javax.security.cert.X509Certificate cert) {
try {
byte[] encoded = cert.getEncoded();
ByteArrayInputStream bis = new ByteArrayInputStream(encoded);
java.security.cert.CertificateFactory cf
= java.security.cert.CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509");
return (java.security.cert.X509Certificate)cf.generateCertificate(bis);
} catch (java.security.cert.CertificateEncodingException e) {
} catch (javax.security.cert.CertificateEncodingException e) {
} catch (java.security.cert.CertificateException e) {
}
return null;
}
// Converts to javax.security
public static javax.security.cert.X509Certificate convert(java.security.cert.X509Certificate cert) {
try {
byte[] encoded = cert.getEncoded();
return javax.security.cert.X509Certificate.getInstance(encoded);
} catch (java.security.cert.CertificateEncodingException e) {
} catch (javax.security.cert.CertificateEncodingException e) {
} catch (javax.security.cert.CertificateException e) {
}
return null;
}
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