COM.claymoresystems.sslg

Interface Certificate

public interface Certificate

An interface specifying minimal certificate access functions

Method Summary
byte[]	getDER() get the DER of the cert itself
Vector	getExtensions() Get the vector of extensions (if any)
byte[]	getIssuerDER() get the DER encoded issuer name
DistinguishedName	getIssuerName() Get the Isuser name as a DistinguishedName
BigInteger	getSerial() get the serialNumber
byte[]	getSubjectDER() get the DER encoded subject name
DistinguishedName	getSubjectName() Get the Subject name as a DistinguishedName
Date	getValidityNotAfter() get the not-valid-after date of the certificate (the end of the validity period)
Date	getValidityNotBefore() get the not-valid-before date of the certificate (the beginning of the validity period)

Method Detail

getDER

public byte[] getDER()

get the DER of the cert itself

Returns: the encoding as a bytestring

getExtensions

public Vector getExtensions()

Get the vector of extensions (if any)

Returns: the extensions

getIssuerDER

public byte[] getIssuerDER()

get the DER encoded issuer name

Returns: the encoding as a bytestring

getIssuerName

public DistinguishedName getIssuerName()

Get the Isuser name as a DistinguishedName

Returns: the issuer name as a DistinguishedName

getSerial

public BigInteger getSerial()

get the serialNumber

Returns: the serial as a BigInteger

getSubjectDER

public byte[] getSubjectDER()

get the DER encoded subject name

Returns: the encoding as a bytestring

getSubjectName

public DistinguishedName getSubjectName()

Get the Subject name as a DistinguishedName

Returns: the subject name as a DistinguishedName

getValidityNotAfter

public Date getValidityNotAfter()

get the not-valid-after date of the certificate (the end of the validity period)

Returns: the notAfter Date

getValidityNotBefore

public Date getValidityNotBefore()

get the not-valid-before date of the certificate (the beginning of the validity period)

Returns: the notBefore Date

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