http://www.bouncycastle.org/java.html: The Bouncy Castle Java APIs for CMS, PKCS, EAC, TSP, CMP, CRMF, OCSP, and certificate generation. This jar contains APIs for JDK 1.5 to JDK 1.8. The APIs can be used in conjunction with a JCE/JCA provider such as the one provided with the Bouncy Castle Cryptography APIs.
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package org.bouncycastle.cert.path.validations;

import org.bouncycastle.cert.X509CertificateHolder;

class ValidationUtils
{
    static boolean isSelfIssued(X509CertificateHolder cert)
    {
        return cert.getSubject().equals(cert.getIssuer());
    }
}