java.security.Certificate |
This interface was deprecated in API level 1.
Replaced by behavior in java.security.cert
Certificate
represents an identity certificate, such as X.509 or PGP. Note: A Certificate
instances does not make any statement about the validity of itself. It's in the responsibility of the application to verify the validity of its certificates.
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Decodes a certificate from the given
InputStream .
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Encodes this certificate to an output stream.
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Returns a string identifying the format of this certificate.
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Returns the guarantor of this certificate.
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Returns the principal of this certificate.
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Returns the public key of this certificate.
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Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of the this
Certificate .
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Decodes a certificate from the given InputStream
. The format of the data to encode must be that identified by getFormat()
and encoded by encode(OutputStream)
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stream | the InputStream to read from. |
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KeyException | if certificate information is incomplete or incorrect. |
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IOException | if an exception is thrown by accessing the provided stream. |
Encodes this certificate to an output stream. The decode(InputStream)
method must be able to decode the format written by this method.
stream | the OutputStream to encode this certificate to. |
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KeyException | if certificate information is incomplete or incorrect. |
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IOException | if an exception is thrown by accessing the provided stream. |
Returns a string identifying the format of this certificate.
Returns the guarantor of this certificate. That guarantor guarantees, that the public key of this certificate is from the principal returned by getPrincipal()
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Returns the principal of this certificate. The principal is guaranteed by the guarantor returned by getGuarantor()
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Returns the public key of this certificate. The public key is guaranteed by the guarantor to belong to the principal.
Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of the this Certificate
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detailed | whether or not this method should return detailed information. |
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