java.security
Interface Certificate

public interface Certificate

Untamed:

Method Summary

void	decode(InputStream stream) Enabled: Decodes a certificate from an input stream.
void	encode(OutputStream stream) Enabled: Encodes the certificate to an output stream in a format that can be decoded by the decode method.
String	getFormat() Enabled: Returns the name of the coding format.
Principal	getGuarantor() Enabled: Returns the guarantor of the certificate, that is, the principal guaranteeing that the public key associated with this certificate is that of the principal associated with this certificate.
Principal	getPrincipal() Enabled: Returns the principal of the principal-key pair being guaranteed by the guarantor.
PublicKey	getPublicKey() Enabled: Returns the key of the principal-key pair being guaranteed by the guarantor.
String	toString(boolean detailed) Enabled: Returns a string that represents the contents of the certificate.

Method Detail

getGuarantor

public Principal getGuarantor()

Enabled: Returns the guarantor of the certificate, that is, the principal guaranteeing that the public key associated with this certificate is that of the principal associated with this certificate. For X.509 certificates, the guarantor will typically be a Certificate Authority (such as the United States Postal Service or Verisign, Inc.).

Returns:

the guarantor which guaranteed the principal-key binding.

getPrincipal

public Principal getPrincipal()

Enabled: Returns the principal of the principal-key pair being guaranteed by the guarantor.

Returns:

the principal to which this certificate is bound.

getPublicKey

public PublicKey getPublicKey()

Enabled: Returns the key of the principal-key pair being guaranteed by the guarantor.

Returns:

the public key that this certificate certifies belongs to a particular principal.

encode

public void encode(OutputStream stream)
            throws KeyException,
                   IOException

Enabled: Encodes the certificate to an output stream in a format that can be decoded by the decode method.

Parameters:

stream - the output stream to which to encode the certificate.

KeyException

IOException

See Also:

decode(java.io.InputStream), getFormat()

decode

public void decode(InputStream stream)
            throws KeyException,
                   IOException

Enabled: Decodes a certificate from an input stream. The format should be that returned by getFormat and produced by encode.

Parameters:

stream - the input stream from which to fetch the data being decoded.

KeyException

IOException

See Also:

encode(java.io.OutputStream), getFormat()

getFormat

public String getFormat()

Enabled: Returns the name of the coding format. This is used as a hint to find an appropriate parser. It could be "X.509", "PGP", etc. This is the format produced and understood by the encode and decode methods.

Returns:

the name of the coding format.

toString

public String toString(boolean detailed)

Enabled: Returns a string that represents the contents of the certificate.

Parameters:

detailed - whether or not to give detailed information about the certificate

Returns:

a string representing the contents of the certificate