On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 15:28:51 GMT, Sean Mullan <mul...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> I was asking if `getIssuerAlternativeNameExtension` can throw the exception >> if IAE exists but not parseable. > > Ok, I understand your comment now. I'm hesitant to change those methods to > throw an exception because to be consistent all the `get*Extension()` methods > should then throw an Exception. That might be the right thing to do, but it > is a bigger change and more risky. The code that calls these internal methods > is used for building certification paths, and if null is returned, it is as > if the certificate did not contain the extension. That might be a more > reasonable behavior than throwing an Exception, since it allows the code to > find other potential certificates or certification paths. Adding certpath > debug can always be used to find out more about why certain certificates were > not selected. OK. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6106
