Package org.owasp.dependencycheck.data.update

Class KnownExploitedDataSource

java.lang.Object

org.owasp.dependencycheck.data.update.KnownExploitedDataSource

All Implemented Interfaces:

CachedWebDataSource

public class KnownExploitedDataSource
extends java.lang.Object
implements CachedWebDataSource

Author:

jeremy

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
KnownExploitedDataSource()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	purge(Engine engine)	Deletes any locally cached data.
boolean	update(Engine engine)	Determines if an update to the current data store is needed, if it is the new data is downloaded from the Internet and imported into the current cached data store.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

KnownExploitedDataSource

public KnownExploitedDataSource()

Method Detail

update

public boolean update(Engine engine)
               throws UpdateException

Description copied from interface: CachedWebDataSource

Determines if an update to the current data store is needed, if it is the new data is downloaded from the Internet and imported into the current cached data store.

Specified by:

update in interface CachedWebDataSource

Parameters:

engine - a reference to the dependency-check engine

Returns:

whether or not an update was made to the CveDB

Throws:

UpdateException - is thrown if there is an exception downloading the data or updating the data store.

purge

public boolean purge(Engine engine)

Description copied from interface: CachedWebDataSource

Deletes any locally cached data.

Specified by:

purge in interface CachedWebDataSource

Parameters:

engine - a reference to the dependency-check engine

Returns:

true if the purge was successful; otherwise false