java.security.cert

Interface Extension

All Known Implementing Classes:

Extension

public interface Extension

The Extension part of an X.509 certificate (as specified in RFC 3280 — Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure: Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile

):

  Extension  ::=  SEQUENCE  {
       extnID      OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
       critical    BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
       extnValue   OCTET STRING
  }
 

Since:

1.7

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	encode(OutputStream out) Writes the DER-encoded extension to out.
String	getId() Returns the OID (Object Identifier) for this extension encoded as a string (e.g., "2.5.29.15").
byte[]	getValue() The DER-encoded value of this extension.
boolean	isCritical() Returns true if this extension is critical.

Method Detail

getId

String getId()

Returns the OID (Object Identifier) for this extension encoded as a string (e.g., "2.5.29.15").

isCritical

boolean isCritical()

Returns true if this extension is critical. If this is true and an implementation does not understand this extension, it must reject it. See RFC 3280 section 4.2 for more information.

getValue

byte[] getValue()

The DER-encoded value of this extension.

encode

void encode(OutputStream out)
     throws IOException

Writes the DER-encoded extension to out.

Throws:

IOException - when there is an encoding error or error writing to out