Uses of Class java.security.cert.CRLException (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2026-07-22

## Uses of Class
java.security.cert.CRLException

- Packages that use CRLException
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.security.cert | Provides classes and interfaces for parsing and managing certificates, certificate revocation lists (CRLs), and certification paths.

- - ### Uses of CRLException in java.security.cert

    Methods in java.security.cert that throw CRLException
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `abstract CRL` | CertificateFactorySpi.`engineGenerateCRL(InputStream inStream)` Generates a certificate revocation list (CRL) object and initializes it with the data read from the input stream `inStream`.
    `abstract Collection<? extends CRL>` | CertificateFactorySpi.`engineGenerateCRLs(InputStream inStream)` Returns a (possibly empty) collection view of the CRLs read from the given input stream `inStream`.
    `CRL` | CertificateFactory.`generateCRL(InputStream inStream)` Generates a certificate revocation list (CRL) object and initializes it with the data read from the input stream `inStream`.
    `Collection<? extends CRL>` | CertificateFactory.`generateCRLs(InputStream inStream)` Returns a (possibly empty) collection view of the CRLs read from the given input stream `inStream`.
    `abstract byte[]` | X509CRLEntry.`getEncoded()` Returns the ASN.1 DER-encoded form of this CRL Entry, that is the inner SEQUENCE.
    `abstract byte[]` | X509CRL.`getEncoded()` Returns the ASN.1 DER-encoded form of this CRL.
    `abstract byte[]` | X509CRL.`getTBSCertList()` Gets the DER-encoded CRL information, the `tbsCertList` from this CRL.
    `abstract void` | X509CRL.`verify(PublicKey key)` Verifies that this CRL was signed using the private key that corresponds to the given public key.
    `void` | X509CRL.`verify(PublicKey key, Provider sigProvider)` Verifies that this CRL was signed using the private key that corresponds to the given public key.
    `abstract void` | X509CRL.`verify(PublicKey key, String sigProvider)` Verifies that this CRL was signed using the private key that corresponds to the given public key.

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