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oracle.security.crypto.cert
Class Entity

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Externalizable, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

X500Name

Deprecated. Use instead

public class Entity

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Externalizable

A class that represents an entity, such as a person, an object, or a holder of a certificate.

One notion which is common to all entity classes is the name of the entity, represented by a string. Subclasses may introduce additional properties.

See Also:

Certificate, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Entity()
Deprecated. Creates a new, unnamed entity.

Entity(java.lang.String name)
Deprecated. Creates a new entity with the given name.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Deprecated. Returns true if and the only if the specified object is an Entity with the same name.
java.lang.String	getName() Deprecated. Returns the name of this entity.
void	readExternal(java.io.ObjectInput is) Deprecated.
void	setName(java.lang.String name) Deprecated. Sets the name of this entity.
void	writeExternal(java.io.ObjectOutput os) Deprecated.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Entity

public Entity()

Deprecated.

Creates a new, unnamed entity.

Entity

public Entity(java.lang.String name)

Deprecated.

Creates a new entity with the given name.

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Deprecated.

Returns the name of this entity.

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String name)

Deprecated.

Sets the name of this entity.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Deprecated.

Returns true if and the only if the specified object is an Entity with the same name.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

writeExternal

public void writeExternal(java.io.ObjectOutput os)
                   throws java.io.IOException

Deprecated.

Specified by:

writeExternal in interface java.io.Externalizable

Throws:

java.io.IOException

readExternal

public void readExternal(java.io.ObjectInput is)
                  throws java.io.IOException,
                         java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Deprecated.

Specified by:

readExternal in interface java.io.Externalizable

Throws:

java.io.IOException

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

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