Hi all, I've released a library that adds a fluent builder API library for JCA factory and generator classes. The primary use of this package is to set up test X.509 certificates, private keys and trust stores, but it's also helpful for picking out good defaults and working on a higher level than the raw JCA classes themselves. It's available at https://github.com/tersesystems/securitybuilder
Example below of building up an SSLContext from scratch: public class X509CertificateCreatorTest { @Test public void testFunctionalStyle() throws Exception { FinalStage<RSAKeyPair> keyPairCreator = KeyPairCreator.creator().withRSA().withKeySize(2048); RSAKeyPair rootKeyPair = keyPairCreator.create(); RSAKeyPair intermediateKeyPair = keyPairCreator.create(); RSAKeyPair eePair = keyPairCreator.create(); IssuerStage<RSAPrivateKey> creator = X509CertificateCreator.creator().withSHA256withRSA().withDuration(Duration.ofDays(365)); String issuer = "CN=letsencrypt.derp,O=Root CA"; X509Certificate[] chain = creator .withRootCA(issuer, rootKeyPair, 2) .chain( rootKeyPair.getPrivate(), rootCreator -> rootCreator .withPublicKey(intermediateKeyPair.getPublic()) .withSubject("OU=intermediate CA") .withCertificateAuthorityExtensions(0) .chain( intermediateKeyPair.getPrivate(), intCreator -> intCreator .withPublicKey(eePair.getPublic()) .withSubject("CN=tersesystems.com") .withEndEntityExtensions() .chain())) .create(); PrivateKeyStore privateKeyStore = PrivateKeyStore.create("tersesystems.com", eePair.getPrivate(), chain); TrustStore trustStore = TrustStore.create(singletonList(chain[2]), cert -> "letsencrypt.derp"); try { final PKIXCertPathValidatorResult result = CertificateChainValidator.validator() .withAnchor(new TrustAnchor(issuer, rootKeyPair.getPublic(), null)) .withCertificates(chain) .validate(); final PublicKey subjectPublicKey = result.getPublicKey(); assertThat(subjectPublicKey).isEqualTo(eePair.getPublic()); } catch (final CertPathValidatorException cpve) { fail("Cannot test exception", cpve); } SSLContext sslContext = SSLContextBuilder.builder() .withTLS() .withKeyManager( KeyManagerBuilder.builder() .withSunX509() .withPrivateKeyStore(privateKeyStore) .build()) .withTrustManager( TrustManagerBuilder.builder() .withDefaultAlgorithm() .withTrustStore(trustStore) .build()) .build(); assertThat(sslContext).isNotNull(); } } Thanks, Will.