Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition [Electronic resources]

This abstract class represents a

certificate revocation list (CRL). A CRL is an object issued by a certificate authority (or other certificate signer) that lists certificates that have been revoked, meaning that they are now invalid and should be rejected. Use a CertificateFactory to parse a CRL from a byte stream. Use the isRevoked( ) method to test whether a specified Certificate is listed on the CRL. Note that type-specific CRL subclasses, such as X509CRL, may provide access to substantially more information about the revocation list.

public abstract class 
CRL  {
// Protected Constructors
protected 
CRL (String 
type );  
// Public Instance Methods
public final String 
getType ( );  
public abstract boolean 
isRevoked (java.security.cert.Certificate 
cert );  
// Public Methods Overriding Object
public abstract String 
toString ( );  
}

Subclasses

X509CRL

Passed To

CRLSelector.match( ), X509CRLSelector.match( )

Returned By

CertificateFactory.generateCRL( ), CertificateFactorySpi.engineGenerateCRL( )