KeyStore.PrivateKeyEntry JDK 1.6)

Description

publicfinalstatic class KeyStore.PrivateKeyEntry

A KeyStore entry that holds a PrivateKey and corresponding certificate chain.

A KeyStore entry that holds a PrivateKey
and corresponding certificate chain.

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Constructors

public KeyStore.PrivateKeyEntry (PrivateKey privateKey, Certificate chain)

Constructs a PrivateKeyEntry with a PrivateKey and corresponding certificate chain.

The specified chain is cloned before it is stored in the new PrivateKeyEntry object.
Parameters:
- privateKey - the PrivateKey
- chain - an array of Certificates representing the certificate chain. The chain must be ordered and contain a Certificate at index 0 corresponding to the private key.
Throws:
- NullPointerException - if privateKey or chain is null
- IllegalArgumentException - if the specified chain has a length of 0, if the specified chain does not contain Certificates of the same type, or if the PrivateKey algorithm does not match the algorithm of the PublicKey in the end entity Certificate (at index 0)

Methods

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public Certificate getCertificate ()

Gets the end entity Certificate from the certificate chain in this entry.

Gets the end entity Certificate
from the certificate chain in this entry.
Returns: the end entity Certificate (at index 0) from the certificate chain in this entry. If the certificate is of type X.509, the runtime type of the returned certificate is X509Certificate.

public Certificate getCertificateChain ()

Gets the Certificate chain from this entry.

The stored chain is cloned before being returned.
Returns: an array of Certificates corresponding to the certificate chain for the public key. If the certificates are of type X.509, the runtime type of the returned array is X509Certificate[].

public PrivateKey getPrivateKey ()

Gets the PrivateKey from this entry.

Gets the PrivateKey from this entry.
Returns: the PrivateKey from this entry

public String toString ()

Returns a string representation of this PrivateKeyEntry.