javax.xml.crypto.dsig.keyinfo
Interface KeyName

All Superinterfaces:

XMLStructure

public interface KeyName
extends XMLStructure

A representation of the XML KeyName element as defined in the W3C Recommendation for XML-Signature Syntax and Processing. A KeyName object contains a string value which may be used by the signer to communicate a key identifier to the recipient. The XML Schema Definition is defined as:

 <element name="KeyName" type="string"/>
 

A KeyName instance may be created by invoking the newKeyName method of the KeyInfoFactory class, and passing it a String representing the name of the key; for example:

 KeyInfoFactory factory = KeyInfoFactory.getInstance("DOM");
 KeyName keyName = factory.newKeyName("Alice");   
 

See Also:

KeyInfoFactory.newKeyName(String)

Method Summary

java.lang.String

getName() Returns the name of this KeyName.

Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.crypto.XMLStructure

isFeatureSupported

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of this KeyName.

Returns:

the name of this KeyName (never null)