com.entrust.toolkit.x509

Class X509CertificateWrapper

java.lang.Object

com.entrust.toolkit.x509.X509CertificateWrapper

public class X509CertificateWrapper
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class for extracting information from an X509Certificate object.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
X509CertificateWrapper(X509Certificate c) Instantiates a CertificateWrapper object with the given certificate.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ASN1Object	getASN1Subject() Returns the subject of the certificate as an ASN.1 object.
java.lang.String	getHistoryName() Generates the name required for the certificate history.
Name	getIssuer() Returns the issuer of a certificate.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

X509CertificateWrapper

public X509CertificateWrapper(X509Certificate c)

Instantiates a CertificateWrapper object with the given certificate.

Parameters:

c - the certificate.

Method Detail

getHistoryName

public java.lang.String getHistoryName()

Generates the name required for the certificate history.

Returns:

The certificate history name.

getIssuer

public Name getIssuer()

Returns the issuer of a certificate.

This method is used to get around some limitations in the java.security.cert vs. iaik.x509 definitions.

Returns:

The ASN.1 Name structure representing the issuer.

getASN1Subject

public ASN1Object getASN1Subject()

Returns the subject of the certificate as an ASN.1 object.

Returns:

The ASN.1 Object representing the subject.