SSLContext

public class SSLContext
extends Object

java.lang.Object
   ↳ javax.net.ssl.SSLContext


Instances of this class represent a secure socket protocol implementation which acts as a factory for secure socket factories or SSLEngines. This class is initialized with an optional set of key and trust managers and source of secure random bytes.

Android provides the following SSLContext protocols:

Algorithm Supported API Levels
Default 10+
SSL 10+
SSLv3 10-25
TLS 1+
TLSv1 10+
TLSv1.1 16+
TLSv1.2 16+
TLSv1.3 29+
This protocol is described in the SSLContext section of the Java Cryptography Architecture Standard Algorithm Name Documentation.

Summary

Protected constructors

SSLContext(SSLContextSpi contextSpi, Provider provider, String protocol)

Creates an SSLContext object.

Public methods

final SSLEngine createSSLEngine()

Creates a new SSLEngine using this context.

final SSLEngine createSSLEngine(String peerHost, int peerPort)

Creates a new SSLEngine using this context using advisory peer information.

final SSLSessionContext getClientSessionContext()

Returns the client session context, which represents the set of SSL sessions available for use during the handshake phase of client-side SSL sockets.

static SSLContext getDefault()

Returns the default SSL context.

final SSLParameters getDefaultSSLParameters()

Returns a copy of the SSLParameters indicating the default settings for this SSL context.

static SSLContext getInstance(String protocol)

Returns a SSLContext object that implements the specified secure socket protocol.

static SSLContext getInstance(String protocol, String provider)

Returns a SSLContext object that implements the specified secure socket protocol.

static SSLContext getInstance(String protocol, Provider provider)

Returns a SSLContext object that implements the specified secure socket protocol.

final String getProtocol()

Returns the protocol name of this SSLContext object.

final Provider getProvider()

Returns the provider of this SSLContext object.

final SSLSessionContext getServerSessionContext()

Returns the server session context, which represents the set of SSL sessions available for use during the handshake phase of server-side SSL sockets.

final SSLServerSocketFactory getServerSocketFactory()

Returns a ServerSocketFactory object for this context.

final SSLSocketFactory getSocketFactory()

Returns a SocketFactory object for this context.

final SSLParameters getSupportedSSLParameters()

Returns a copy of the SSLParameters indicating the supported settings for this SSL context.

final void init(KeyManager[] km, TrustManager[] tm, SecureRandom random)

Initializes this context.

static void setDefault(SSLContext context)

Sets the default SSL context.

Inherited methods

Protected constructors

SSLContext

Added in API level 1
protected SSLContext (SSLContextSpi contextSpi, 
                Provider provider, 
                String protocol)

Creates an SSLContext object.

Parameters
contextSpi SSLContextSpi: the delegate

provider Provider: the provider

protocol String: the protocol

Public methods

createSSLEngine

Added in API level 1
public final SSLEngine createSSLEngine ()

Creates a new SSLEngine using this context.

Applications using this factory method are providing no hints for an internal session reuse strategy. If hints are desired, createSSLEngine(java.lang.String, int) should be used instead.

Some cipher suites (such as Kerberos) require remote hostname information, in which case this factory method should not be used.

Returns
SSLEngine the SSLEngine object

Throws
UnsupportedOperationException if the underlying provider does not implement the operation.
IllegalStateException if the SSLContextImpl requires initialization and the init() has not been called

createSSLEngine

Added in API level 1
public final SSLEngine createSSLEngine (String peerHost, 
                int peerPort)

Creates a new SSLEngine using this context using advisory peer information.

Applications using this factory method are providing hints for an internal session reuse strategy.

Some cipher suites (such as Kerberos) require remote hostname information, in which case peerHost needs to be specified.

Parameters
peerHost String: the non-authoritative name of the host

peerPort int: the non-authoritative port

Returns
SSLEngine the new SSLEngine object

Throws
UnsupportedOperationException if the underlying provider does not implement the operation.
IllegalStateException if the SSLContextImpl requires initialization and the init() has not been called

getClientSessionContext

Added in API level 1
public final SSLSessionContext getClientSessionContext ()

Returns the client session context, which represents the set of SSL sessions available for use during the handshake phase of client-side SSL sockets.

This context may be unavailable in some environments, in which case this method returns null. For example, when the underlying SSL provider does not provide an implementation of SSLSessionContext interface, this method returns null. A non-null session context is returned otherwise.

Returns
SSLSessionContext client session context bound to this SSL context

getDefault

Added in API level 9
public static SSLContext getDefault ()

Returns the default SSL context.

If a default context was set using the SSLContext.setDefault() method, it is returned. Otherwise, the first call of this method triggers the call SSLContext.getInstance("Default"). If successful, that object is made the default SSL context and returned.

The default context is immediately usable and does not require initialization.

Returns
SSLContext the default SSL context

Throws
NoSuchAlgorithmException if the SSLContext.getInstance() call fails

getDefaultSSLParameters

Added in API level 9
public final SSLParameters getDefaultSSLParameters ()

Returns a copy of the SSLParameters indicating the default settings for this SSL context.

The parameters will always have the ciphersuites and protocols arrays set to non-null values.

Returns
SSLParameters a copy of the SSLParameters object with the default settings

Throws
UnsupportedOperationException if the default SSL parameters could not be obtained.

getInstance

Added in API level 1
public static SSLContext getInstance (String protocol)

Returns a SSLContext object that implements the specified secure socket protocol.

This method traverses the list of registered security Providers, starting with the most preferred Provider. A new SSLContext object encapsulating the SSLContextSpi implementation from the first Provider that supports the specified protocol is returned.

Note that the list of registered providers may be retrieved via the Security.getProviders() method.

Parameters
protocol String: the standard name of the requested protocol. See the SSLContext section in the Java Cryptography Architecture Standard Algorithm Name Documentation for information about standard protocol names.

Returns
SSLContext the new SSLContext object.

Throws
NoSuchAlgorithmException if no Provider supports a SSLContextSpi implementation for the specified protocol.
NullPointerException if protocol is null.

See also:

getInstance

Added in API level 1
public static SSLContext getInstance (String protocol, 
                String provider)

Returns a SSLContext object that implements the specified secure socket protocol.

A new SSLContext object encapsulating the SSLContextSpi implementation from the specified provider is returned. The specified provider must be registered in the security provider list.

Note that the list of registered providers may be retrieved via the Security.getProviders() method.

Parameters
protocol String: the standard name of the requested protocol. See the SSLContext section in the Java Cryptography Architecture Standard Algorithm Name Documentation for information about standard protocol names.

provider String: the name of the provider.

Returns
SSLContext the new SSLContext object.

Throws
NoSuchAlgorithmException if a SSLContextSpi implementation for the specified protocol is not available from the specified provider.
NoSuchProviderException if the specified provider is not registered in the security provider list.
IllegalArgumentException if the provider name is null or empty.
NullPointerException if protocol is null.

See also:

getInstance

Added in API level 1
public static SSLContext getInstance (String protocol, 
                Provider provider)

Returns a SSLContext object that implements the specified secure socket protocol.

A new SSLContext object encapsulating the SSLContextSpi implementation from the specified Provider object is returned. Note that the specified Provider object does not have to be registered in the provider list.

Parameters
protocol String: the standard name of the requested protocol. See the SSLContext section in the Java Cryptography Architecture Standard Algorithm Name Documentation for information about standard protocol names.

provider Provider: an instance of the provider.

Returns
SSLContext the new SSLContext object.

Throws
NoSuchAlgorithmException if a SSLContextSpi implementation for the specified protocol is not available from the specified Provider object.
IllegalArgumentException if the provider is null.
NullPointerException if protocol is null.

See also:

getProtocol

Added in API level 1
public final String getProtocol ()

Returns the protocol name of this SSLContext object.

This is the same name that was specified in one of the getInstance calls that created this SSLContext object.

Returns
String the protocol name of this SSLContext object.

getProvider

Added in API level 1
public final Provider getProvider ()

Returns the provider of this SSLContext object.

Returns
Provider the provider of this SSLContext object

getServerSessionContext

Added in API level 1
public final SSLSessionContext getServerSessionContext ()

Returns the server session context, which represents the set of SSL sessions available for use during the handshake phase of server-side SSL sockets.

This context may be unavailable in some environments, in which case this method returns null. For example, when the underlying SSL provider does not provide an implementation of SSLSessionContext interface, this method returns null. A non-null session context is returned otherwise.

Returns
SSLSessionContext server session context bound to this SSL context

getServerSocketFactory

Added in API level 1
public final SSLServerSocketFactory getServerSocketFactory ()

Returns a ServerSocketFactory object for this context.

Returns
SSLServerSocketFactory the ServerSocketFactory object

Throws
IllegalStateException if the SSLContextImpl requires initialization and the init() has not been called

getSocketFactory

Added in API level 1
public final SSLSocketFactory getSocketFactory ()

Returns a SocketFactory object for this context.

Returns
SSLSocketFactory the SocketFactory object

Throws
IllegalStateException if the SSLContextImpl requires initialization and the init() has not been called

getSupportedSSLParameters

Added in API level 9
public final SSLParameters getSupportedSSLParameters ()

Returns a copy of the SSLParameters indicating the supported settings for this SSL context.

The parameters will always have the ciphersuites and protocols arrays set to non-null values.

Returns
SSLParameters a copy of the SSLParameters object with the supported settings

Throws
UnsupportedOperationException if the supported SSL parameters could not be obtained.

init

Added in API level 1
public final void init (KeyManager[] km, 
                TrustManager[] tm, 
                SecureRandom random)

Initializes this context. Either of the first two parameters may be null in which case the installed security providers will be searched for the highest priority implementation of the appropriate factory. Likewise, the secure random parameter may be null in which case the default implementation will be used.

Only the first instance of a particular key and/or trust manager implementation type in the array is used. (For example, only the first javax.net.ssl.X509KeyManager in the array will be used.)

Parameters
km KeyManager: the sources of authentication keys or null

tm TrustManager: the sources of peer authentication trust decisions or null

random SecureRandom: the source of randomness for this generator or null

Throws
KeyManagementException if this operation fails

setDefault

Added in API level 9
public static void setDefault (SSLContext context)

Sets the default SSL context. It will be returned by subsequent calls to getDefault(). The default context must be immediately usable and not require initialization.

Developers are strongly discouraged from changing the default SSLContext as it is used as the Android default for secure communication by APIs like SSLSocketFactory#getDefault(), SSLServerSocketFactory#getDefault() and HttpsURLConnection.

Parameters
context SSLContext: the SSLContext

Throws
NullPointerException if context is null
SecurityException if a security manager exists and its checkPermission method does not allow SSLPermission("setDefaultSSLContext")