org.apache.poi.poifs.crypt.dsig.services

Interface TimeStampService

All Superinterfaces:

SignatureConfig.SignatureConfigurable

All Known Implementing Classes:

TSPTimeStampService

public interface TimeStampService
extends SignatureConfig.SignatureConfigurable

Interface for a time-stamp service.

Author:

Frank Cornelis

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte[]	timeStamp(byte[] data, RevocationData revocationData) Gives back the encoded time-stamp token for the given array of data bytes.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.poi.poifs.crypt.dsig.SignatureConfig.SignatureConfigurable

setSignatureConfig

Method Detail

timeStamp

byte[] timeStamp(byte[] data,
                 RevocationData revocationData)
          throws java.lang.Exception

Gives back the encoded time-stamp token for the given array of data bytes. We assume that the time-stamp token itself contains its full certificate chain required for proper validation.

Parameters:

data - the data to be time-stamped.

revocationData - the optional container that needs to be filled up with the revocation data used to validate the TSA certificate chain.

Returns:

the DER encoded time-stamp token.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - in case something went wrong.