weblogic.security
Class KeyPairCredential

java.lang.Object
  weblogic.security.KeyPairCredential

public final class KeyPairCredential
extends Object

This class acts as a holder for cryptographic key information. Typically the keypair information is a private key accompanied by the certificate chain for the corresponding public key.

Constructor Summary

KeyPairCredential(Key key, Certificate[] certificate)
Creates a KeyPairCredential object from the specified key and its corresponding public certificate.

Method Summary

void	dispose() Frees all resources associated with this instance of the credential.
protected void	finalize() Disposes of this credential.
Certificate	getCertificate() The first element of the certificate chain.
Certificate[]	getCertificateChain() The certificate chain.
Key	getKey() The key.
boolean	isDisposed() Specifies whether this instance is disposed.
String	toString() A string representation of this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

KeyPairCredential

public KeyPairCredential(Key key,
                         Certificate[] certificate)

Creates a KeyPairCredential object from the specified key and its corresponding public certificate.

Parameters:

key - The cryptographic key information

certificate[] - The certificate chain

Method Detail

getCertificate

public Certificate getCertificate()

The first element of the certificate chain. Returns null if the certificate chain is null or empty, or if the credential has been disposed via the dispose() method.

Returns:

The first element in the certificate chain

See Also:

KeyPairCredential.dispose()

getCertificateChain

public Certificate[] getCertificateChain()

The certificate chain. Returns null if the credential has been disposed via the dispose() method.

Returns:

The certificate chain

See Also:

KeyPairCredential.dispose()

getKey

public Key getKey()

The key. Returns null if the credential has been disposed via the dispose() method.

Returns:

The key

See Also:

KeyPairCredential.dispose()

dispose

public void dispose()

Frees all resources associated with this instance of the credential.

isDisposed

public boolean isDisposed()

Specifies whether this instance is disposed.

Returns:

true if the credential is already disposed

See Also:

KeyPairCredential.dispose()

toString

public String toString()

A string representation of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

A string representation of the keypair credential

finalize

protected void finalize()

Disposes of this credential.

Overrides:

finalize in class Object

See Also:

KeyPairCredential.dispose()