Certificate JDK 1.6)

Description

publicabstract abstract class Certificate

Abstract class for managing a variety of identity certificates.

See also: X509Certificate CertificateFactory

Methods

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public boolean equals (Object other)

Compares this certificate for equality with the specified object.

Compares this certificate for equality with the specified
object. If the other object is an
instanceof Certificate, then
its encoded form is retrieved and compared with the
encoded form of this certificate.
Returns: true iff the encoded forms of the two certificates match, false otherwise.
Parameters:
- other - the object to test for equality with this certificate.

publicabstract byte getEncoded () throws CertificateEncodingException

Returns the encoded form of this certificate.

publicabstract PublicKey getPublicKey ()

Gets the public key from this certificate.

publicfinal String getType ()

Returns the type of this certificate.

public int hashCode ()

Returns a hashcode value for this certificate from its encoded form.

publicabstract String toString ()

Returns a string representation of this certificate.

publicabstract void verify (PublicKey key) throws CertificateException NoSuchAlgorithmException InvalidKeyException NoSuchProviderException SignatureException

Verifies that this certificate was signed using the private key that corresponds to the specified public key.

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

Verifies that this certificate was signed using the private key that corresponds to the specified public key.

protected Object writeReplace () throws ObjectStreamException

Replace the Certificate to be serialized.