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Java new certificate chain ,reference to Certificate is ambiguous

I want to add a key to a keystore. The keystore's method setKeyEntry wants a Certificate chain for the parameter. I created the Certificate chain like this:

Certificate[] certChain = new Certificate[1];

However, I get the error:

"reference to Certificate is ambiguous both class org.bouncy.asn1.x.508.Certificate in org.bouncycastle.asn.1.x509 and interface java.security.Certificate in java.security match".

In my google search, I can find general help for ambiguous methods that doesn't help with my problem. What can I do to solve the problem at hand?

Solution

  • As the error has stated there's ambiguity with other classes and interfaces. setKeyEntry takes a Certificate argument which is located at java.security.cert.Certificate. Therefore to remove the ambiguity, you can prefix it with the full package name e.g.

    java.security.cert.Certificate[] certChain = new java.security.cert.Certificate[1];