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/*
 * $Id: CertificateVerifier.java 6134 2013-12-23 13:15:14Z blowagie $
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package com.itextpdf.text.pdf.security;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Superclass for a series of certificate verifiers that will typically
 * be used in a chain. It wraps another CertificateVerifier
 * that is the next element in the chain of which the verify()
 * method will be called.
 */
public class CertificateVerifier {

	/** The previous CertificateVerifier in the chain of verifiers. */
	protected CertificateVerifier verifier;
	
	/** Indicates if going online to verify a certificate is allowed. */
	protected boolean onlineCheckingAllowed = true;

	/**
	 * Creates the final CertificateVerifier in a chain of verifiers.
	 * @param verifier	the previous verifier in the chain
	 */
	public CertificateVerifier(CertificateVerifier verifier) {
		this.verifier = verifier;
	}

	/**
	 * Decide whether or not online checking is allowed.
	 * @param onlineCheckingAllowed
	 */
	public void setOnlineCheckingAllowed(boolean onlineCheckingAllowed) {
		this.onlineCheckingAllowed = onlineCheckingAllowed;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Checks the validity of the certificate, and calls the next
	 * verifier in the chain, if any.
	 * @param signCert	the certificate that needs to be checked
	 * @param issuerCert	its issuer
	 * @param signDate		the date the certificate needs to be valid
	 * @return a list of VerificationOK objects.
	 * The list will be empty if the certificate couldn't be verified.
	 * @throws GeneralSecurityException
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	public List verify(X509Certificate signCert, X509Certificate issuerCert, Date signDate)
			throws GeneralSecurityException, IOException {
		// Check if the certificate is valid on the signDate
		if (signDate != null)
			signCert.checkValidity(signDate);
		// Check if the signature is valid
		if (issuerCert != null) {
			signCert.verify(issuerCert.getPublicKey());
		}
		// Also in case, the certificate is self-signed
		else {
			signCert.verify(signCert.getPublicKey());
		}
		List result = new ArrayList();
		if (verifier != null)
			result.addAll(verifier.verify(signCert, issuerCert, signDate));
		return result;
	}
}