iaik.cms

Interface CertificateIdentifier

All Superinterfaces:

ASN1Type, KeyIdentifier

All Known Implementing Classes:

IssuerAndSerialNumber, RecipientKeyIdentifier, SignerRecipientIdentifier, SubjectKeyID

public interface CertificateIdentifier
extends KeyIdentifier

Interface to be implemented by any CMS type that is used for identifying an entity by its certificate. Within CMS a certificate identifier is used for identifying the certificate of a signer by IssuerAndSerialNumber or SubjectKeyID, or the certificate of a recipient by IssuerAndSerialNumber or RecipientKeyIdentifier.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface iaik.cms.KeyIdentifier

ISSUER_AND_SERIALNUMBER, KEK_IDENTIFIER, ORIGINATOR_PUBLIC_KEY, RECIPIENT_KEY_IDENTIFIER, SUBJECT_KEY_IDENTIFIER

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	identifiesCert(X509Certificate cert) Checks if the given certificate is identified by this CertificateIdentifier.

Methods inherited from interface iaik.cms.KeyIdentifier

equals, getKeyIdType, getKeyIdTypeName, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from interface iaik.asn1.ASN1Type

decode, toASN1Object

Method Detail

identifiesCert

boolean identifiesCert(X509Certificate cert)

Checks if the given certificate is identified by this CertificateIdentifier.

Parameters:

cert - the certificate to be checked of being identified by this CertificateIdentifier

Returns:

true if the given certificate is identified by this CertificateIdentifier, false otherwise