In this section,the main operation and usage of ESYA Certificate Validation API is described. To clarify the subject, certificate and certificate validation is briefly summarized.

ESYA Certificate Validation API requires the certificate store file and the certificate validation policy file which describes how the validation is performed. A sample policy file and certificate store file is included in API package. The sample policy prefers OCSP as revocation info and therefore performs OCSP control when available. If you have no custom validation step , you can use the sample policy.

Certificate Validation

In this section the concepts related with the certificate validation is explained. Moreover, certificate validation according to the standards is described.

ESYA Certificate Validation API Components

Checker, Finder, and matcher classes that are the main components of ESYA Certificate Validation API are introduced in this section. Validation policy file and certificate store are also mentioned

ESYA Certificate Validation API Usage

The usage of the Certificate Validation API is demonstrated via examples and the meanings of the validation result are given in this section.

Certificate Validation Policy File

This section explains the certificate validation policy file and its components. Configuring the policy file at running time is also shown by code samples.