1 /* Certificate.java -- deprecated interface for modeling digital certificates
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38 package java
.security
;
40 import java
.io
.InputStream
;
41 import java
.io
.OutputStream
;
42 import java
.io
.IOException
;
45 * This interface models a digital certificate which verifies the
46 * authenticity of a party. This class simply allows certificate
47 * information to be queried, it does not guarantee that the certificate
50 * <p>This class is deprecated in favor of the new java.security.cert package.
51 * It exists for backward compatibility only.
53 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
55 * @deprecated use {@link java.security.cert} instead
56 * @status updated to 1.4
58 public interface Certificate
61 * This method returns the <code>Principal</code> that is guaranteeing
64 * @return the <code>Principal</code> guaranteeing the certificate
65 * @deprecated this entire interface is deprecated
67 Principal
getGuarantor();
70 * This method returns the <code>Principal</code> being guaranteed by
73 * @return the <code>Principal</code> guaranteed by this certificate
74 * @deprecated this entire interface is deprecated
76 Principal
getPrincipal();
79 * This method returns the public key for the <code>Principal</code> that
80 * is being guaranteed.
82 * @return the <code>PublicKey</code> of the Principal being guaranteed
83 * @deprecated this entire interface is deprecated
85 PublicKey
getPublicKey();
88 * This method writes the certificate to an <code>OutputStream</code> in
89 * a format that can be understood by the <code>decode</code> method.
91 * @param out the <code>OutputStream</code> to write to
92 * @throws KeyException if there is a problem with the certificate
93 * @throws IOException if an error occurs writing to the stream
94 * @see #decode(InputStream)
96 * @deprecated this entire interface is deprecated
98 void encode(OutputStream out
) throws KeyException
, IOException
;
101 * This method reads an encoded certificate from an <code>InputStream</code>.
103 * @param in the <code>InputStream</code> to read from
104 * @throws KeyException if there is a problem with the certificate data
105 * @throws IOException if an error occurs reading from the stream
106 * @see #encode(OutputStream)
108 * @deprecated this entire interface is deprecated
110 void decode(InputStream in
) throws KeyException
, IOException
;
113 * This method returns the encoding format of the certificate (e.g., "PGP",
114 * "X.509"). This format is used by the <code>encode</code> and
115 * <code>decode</code> methods.
117 * @return the encoding format being used
118 * @deprecated this entire interface is deprecated
123 * This method returns a <code>String</code> representation of the contents
124 * of this certificate.
126 * @param detail true to provided more detailed information
127 * @return the string representation
128 * @deprecated this entire interface is deprecated
130 String
toString(boolean detail
);
131 } // interface Certificate