oracle.security.crypto.cert
Class Certificate

java.lang.Object
oracle.security.crypto.cert.Certificate

Direct Known Subclasses:

X509

public abstract class Certificate

extends java.lang.Object

An abstract certificate class. A certificate is a binding of a public key and a holder, together with some means to verify this binding.

This is an abstract class. Subclasses need to implement the verify() methods.

Field Summary

protected Entity	holder The holder of the certificate.
protected PublicKey	key The public key associated with the certificate.

Constructor Summary

protected

Certificate()

Method Summary

Entity	getHolder() Returns the holder of this certificate.
PublicKey	getKey() Deprecated. Replaced by getPublicKey().
PublicKey	getPublicKey() Returns the public key associated with this certificate.
abstract boolean	verify() Verifies this certificate.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

holder

protected Entity holder

The holder of the certificate.

key

protected PublicKey key

The public key associated with the certificate.

Constructor Detail

Certificate

protected Certificate()

Method Detail

verify

public abstract boolean verify()
                        throws AuthenticationException

Verifies this certificate. Specifically, checks that the binding of the public key to the holder is correct, according to some procedure which is particular to the implementing subclass. Typically, this means checking that the certificate has been correctly signed by an appropriate certificate authority.

Returns:

true if this certificate is valid, otherwise false

Throws:

AuthenticationException - If the verification operation could not be performed for some reason (for example, a necessary credential or token has the wrong format)

getKey

public PublicKey getKey()

Deprecated. Replaced by getPublicKey().

Returns the public key associated with this certificate.

Returns:

the public key

getPublicKey

public PublicKey getPublicKey()

Returns the public key associated with this certificate.

Returns:

the public key

getHolder

public Entity getHolder()

Returns the holder of this certificate.

Returns:

the holder