On Mon, 25 Oct 2021 20:17:17 GMT, Sean Mullan <mul...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> That's probably a little deeper and changing it will have a mass effect. >> What about at the `getIssuerAlternativeNameExtension` level? > > Unless I am misunderstanding your comment, I don't think this is an issue in > practice. The code inside the `X509CertImpl.getExtension` method only throws > an Exception if invalid OIDs or attribute names are passed to the internal > `get` methods of `X509CertInfo` and `CertificateExtensions`, which isn't > possible when you are passing in known values/attributes. I think this is why > the code swallows the exceptions and returns null, but it would be nice to > have a comment explaining that. I was asking if `getIssuerAlternativeNameExtension` can throw the exception is IAE exists but not parseable. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6106
