javax.security.cert
Class Certificate

java.lang.Object
  javax.security.cert.Certificate

Direct Known Subclasses:

X509Certificate

public abstract class Certificate
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Certificate()

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object obj) Compares the argument to the receiver, and returns true if they represent the same object using a class specific comparison.
abstract byte[]	getEncoded()
abstract PublicKey	getPublicKey()
int	hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for the receiver.
abstract String	toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of the receiver.
abstract void	verify(PublicKey key)
abstract void	verify(PublicKey key, String sigProvider)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Certificate

public Certificate()

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Description copied from class: Object

Compares the argument to the receiver, and returns true if they represent the same object using a class specific comparison. The implementation in Object returns true only if the argument is the exact same object as the receiver (==).

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - Object the object to compare with this object.

Returns:

boolean true if the object is the same as this object false if it is different from this object.

See Also:

Object.hashCode()

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Description copied from class: Object

Returns an integer hash code for the receiver. Any two objects which answer true when passed to .equals must answer the same value for this method.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

int the receiver's hash.

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object)

getEncoded

public abstract byte[] getEncoded()
                           throws CertificateEncodingException

Throws:

CertificateEncodingException

verify

public abstract void verify(PublicKey key)
                     throws CertificateException,
                            NoSuchAlgorithmException,
                            InvalidKeyException,
                            NoSuchProviderException,
                            SignatureException

Throws:

CertificateException

NoSuchAlgorithmException

InvalidKeyException

NoSuchProviderException

SignatureException

verify

public abstract void verify(PublicKey key,
                            String sigProvider)
                     throws CertificateException,
                            NoSuchAlgorithmException,
                            InvalidKeyException,
                            NoSuchProviderException,
                            SignatureException

Throws:

CertificateException

NoSuchAlgorithmException

InvalidKeyException

NoSuchProviderException

SignatureException

toString

public abstract String toString()

Description copied from class: Object

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

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

String a printable representation for the receiver.

getPublicKey

public abstract PublicKey getPublicKey()