Re: [Ejbca-develop] SCEP changes

[Jon B. <jon...@ac...>]

Tomas Gustavsson wrote:

>
> Hi,
> The reason for the responceClass parameter to createCertificate() is 
> that we want any kind of request message combined with any type of 
> response message. It is up to the caller to decide which response 
> message he wants. The response to a PKCS#10 request message can be of 
> many types, so the desired implementation class is sent as parameter. 
> The whole idea is that RSASignSessionBean does not need to be aware of 
> the kind of reply message that is generated.
>
> The string for the implementation class can off course be put as an 
> attribute in the deployment descriptor of the caller. In SCEP this 
> would be web.xml in apply.war.
>
> What is the problem with this parameter?
>
> Cheers,
> Tomas

No problem whatsoever.  I've done a bit more work since I emailed and 
the reason became apparent after I sent it - always the way :-)

Regards,

Jon.