com.entrust.toolkit.asn1.cmpv1.gkm

Class EntrustValueHintEntry

java.lang.Object

com.entrust.toolkit.asn1.cmpv1.gkm.EntrustValueHintEntry

All Implemented Interfaces:

ASN1Type

Direct Known Subclasses:

EntrustCAProtEncPos

public abstract class EntrustValueHintEntry
extends java.lang.Object
implements ASN1Type

The super-class of entries recognized by Entrust in the 'valueHint' component of an EncryptedValue structure.

The EncryptedValue structure is used to securely transport sensitive data between a client and server in a PKIX-CMP transaction. The 'valueHint' component has been historically unused and ignored by Entrust. However, as of Security Manager 8.1, a usage was defined that provides a flexible way for attaching additional information related to the encrypted value. Specifically, 'valueHint' may contain a DER encoding of the following structure:

 EntrustValueHintEntries :: SEQUENCE OF InfoTypeAndValue
 

This format provides a storage location for oid/value pairs. For details on supported oid/value pairs, refer to the sub-classes of this class.

For backwards compatibility (Entrust previously ignored the 'valueHint' component entirely), the 'valueHint' component should be ignored when it does not contain a DER-encoded EntrustValueHintEntries structure.

Since:

8.0

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface iaik.asn1.ASN1Type

decode, toASN1Object