KeyStore containsAlias() method in Java with Examples
The containsAlias() method of java.security.KeyStore class is used to check the presence of the requested alias.
Syntax:
public final boolean containsAlias(String alias)
throws KeyStoreException
Parameter: This method seeks the name of the alias as a parameter of String type of which the entry is to be checked.
Return Value: This method returns a Boolean value stating the result.
Exception: This method throws KeyStoreException if you don’t initialize this keystore.
Note: All the programs in this article won’t run on online IDE as no ‘privatekey’ Keystore exists. You can check this code on Java compiler on your system. To check this code, create a Keystore ‘privatekey’ on your system and set your own keystore password to access that keystore.
Below are the examples to illustrate the containsAlias() method:
Example 1:
Java
import java.security.*;
import java.security.cert.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class GFG {
public static void main(String[] argv)
{
try {
KeyStore sr = KeyStore.getInstance( "JKS" );
char [] pass = ( "123456" ).toCharArray();
InputStream is
= new FileInputStream(
"f:/java/private key.store" );
sr.load(is, pass);
boolean status
= sr.containsAlias( "ftpkey" );
if (status)
System.out.println( "This aliases is present" );
else
System.out.println( "This aliases is absent" );
}
catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
System.out.println( "Exception thrown : " + e);
}
catch (NullPointerException e) {
System.out.println( "Exception thrown : " + e);
}
catch (KeyStoreException e) {
System.out.println( "Exception thrown : " + e);
}
catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
System.out.println( "Exception thrown : " + e);
}
catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println( "Exception thrown : " + e);
}
catch (CertificateException e) {
System.out.println( "Exception thrown : " + e);
}
}
}
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Output:
This aliases is present
Example 2: For KeyStoreException
Java
import java.security.*;
import java.security.cert.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class GFG {
public static void main(String[] argv)
{
try {
KeyStore sr = KeyStore.getInstance( "JKS" );
boolean status = sr.containsAlias( "gfg" );
if (status)
System.out.println( "This aliases is present" );
else
System.out.println( "This aliases is absent" );
}
catch (NullPointerException e) {
System.out.println( "Exception thrown : " + e);
}
catch (KeyStoreException e) {
System.out.println( "Exception thrown : " + e);
}
}
}
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Output:
Exception thrown :
java.security.KeyStoreException:
Uninitialized keystore
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/security/KeyStore.html#containsAlias-java.lang.String-
Last Updated :
03 Feb, 2023
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