org.opensaml.xml.signature
Class SignatureValidator

java.lang.Object
  org.opensaml.xml.signature.SignatureValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Validator<Signature>

public class SignatureValidator
extends java.lang.Object
implements Validator<Signature>

A validator that validates an XML Signature on its content.

Constructor Summary

SignatureValidator(Credential validatingCredential)
Constructor.

Method Summary

protected org.apache.xml.security.signature.XMLSignature	buildSignature(Signature signature) Constructs an XMLSignature from the given signature object.
void	validate(Signature signature) Checks to see if a XMLObject is valid.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SignatureValidator

public SignatureValidator(Credential validatingCredential)

Constructor.

Parameters:

validatingCredential - credential used to validate the signature

Method Detail

validate

public void validate(Signature signature)
              throws ValidationException

Checks to see if a XMLObject is valid.

Specified by:

validate in interface Validator<Signature>

Parameters:

signature - the XMLObject to validate

Throws:

ValidationException - thrown if the element is not valid

buildSignature

protected org.apache.xml.security.signature.XMLSignature buildSignature(Signature signature)

Constructs an XMLSignature from the given signature object.

Parameters:

signature - the signature

Returns:

the constructed XMLSignature