cert-d-java/pgp-cert-d-java/README.md

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# Shared PGP Certificate Directory for Java

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Backend-agnostic implementation of the [Shared PGP Certificate Directory Specification](https://sequoia-pgp.gitlab.io/pgp-cert-d/).
This module implements the non-OpenPGP parts of the spec, e.g. locating the directory, resolving certificate file paths,
locking the directory for writes etc.

To get a useful implementation, a backend implementation such as `pgpainless-cert-d` is required, which needs to provide
support for reading and merging certificates.

`pgp-cert-d-java` can be used as an implementation of `pgp-certificate-store`.

Note: This is a library module. For a command line interface, see [pgpainless-cert-d-cli](https://github.com/pgpainless/cert-d-pgpainless/tree/main/pgpainless-cert-d-cli).