net.jini.security
Interface IntegrityVerifier

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileIntegrityVerifier, HttpmdIntegrityVerifier, HttpsIntegrityVerifier

public interface IntegrityVerifier

Defines the interface for integrity verifiers used by Security.verifyCodebaseIntegrity, allowing the URLs that provide content integrity to be extended.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Method Summary

boolean

providesIntegrity(URL url) Returns true if the specified URL is known to provide content integrity; returns false otherwise.

Method Detail

providesIntegrity

boolean providesIntegrity(URL url)

Returns true if the specified URL is known to provide content integrity; returns false otherwise.

Parameters:

url - URL to verify

Returns:

true if the specified URL is known to provide content integrity; false otherwise

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the URL is null