java.security

Interface Certificate

Deprecated.

Use Certificate instead.

@Deprecated
public interface Certificate

Certificate represents an identity certificate, such as X.509 or PGP. Note: A Certificate instances does not make any statement about the validity of itself. It's in the responsibility of the application to verify the validity of its certificates.

See Also:

Certificate

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	decode(InputStream stream) Deprecated. Decodes a certificate from the given InputStream.
void	encode(OutputStream stream) Deprecated. Encodes this certificate to an output stream.
String	getFormat() Deprecated. Returns a string identifying the format of this certificate.
Principal	getGuarantor() Deprecated. Returns the guarantor of this certificate.
Principal	getPrincipal() Deprecated. Returns the principal of this certificate.
PublicKey	getPublicKey() Deprecated. Returns the public key of this certificate.
String	toString(boolean detailed) Deprecated. Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of the this Certificate.

Method Detail

decode

void decode(InputStream stream)
     throws KeyException,
            IOException

Deprecated.

Decodes a certificate from the given InputStream. The format of the data to encode must be that identified by getFormat() and encoded by encode(OutputStream).

Parameters:

stream - the InputStream to read from.

Throws:

KeyException - if certificate information is incomplete or incorrect.

IOException - if an exception is thrown by accessing the provided stream.

See Also:

encode(OutputStream), getFormat()

encode

void encode(OutputStream stream)
     throws KeyException,
            IOException

Deprecated.

Encodes this certificate to an output stream. The decode(InputStream) method must be able to decode the format written by this method.

Parameters:

stream - the OutputStream to encode this certificate to.

Throws:

KeyException - if certificate information is incomplete or incorrect.

IOException - if an exception is thrown by accessing the provided stream.

See Also:

decode(InputStream)

getFormat

String getFormat()

Deprecated.

Returns a string identifying the format of this certificate.

Returns:

a string identifying the format of this certificate.

getGuarantor

Principal getGuarantor()

Deprecated.

Returns the guarantor of this certificate. That guarantor guarantees, that the public key of this certificate is from the principal returned by getPrincipal().

Returns:

the guarantor of this certificate.

See Also:

getPrincipal()

getPrincipal

Principal getPrincipal()

Deprecated.

Returns the principal of this certificate. The principal is guaranteed by the guarantor returned by getGuarantor().

Returns:

the principal of this certificate.

See Also:

getGuarantor()

getPublicKey

PublicKey getPublicKey()

Deprecated.

Returns the public key of this certificate. The public key is guaranteed by the guarantor to belong to the principal.

Returns:

the public key of this certificate.

See Also:

getGuarantor(), getPrincipal()

toString

String toString(boolean detailed)

Deprecated.

Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of the this Certificate.

Parameters:

detailed - whether or not this method should return detailed information.

Returns:

a string representation of this certificate.