Package org.mozilla.jss.netscape.security.x509

Class CertificateIssuerName

java.lang.Object

org.mozilla.jss.netscape.security.x509.CertificateIssuerName

All Implemented Interfaces:

CertAttrSet

public class CertificateIssuerName
extends Object
implements CertAttrSet

This class defines the X500Name attribute for the Certificate.

Version:

1.6

See Also:

• CertAttrSet

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	DN_NAME
private X500Name	dnName
static final String	IDENT	Identifier for this attribute, to be used with the get, set, delete methods of Certificate, x509 type.
static final String	NAME	Sub attributes name for this CertAttrSet.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CertificateIssuerName(InputStream in)	Create the object, decoding the values from the passed stream.
CertificateIssuerName(DerInputStream in)	Create the object, decoding the values from the passed DER stream.
CertificateIssuerName(X500Name name)	Default constructor for the certificate attribute.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	decode(InputStream in)	Decode the name in DER form from the stream.
void	delete(String name)	Delete the attribute value.
void	encode(OutputStream out)	Encode the name in DER form to the stream.
Object	get(String name)	Get the attribute value.
Enumeration<String>	getAttributeNames()	Return an enumeration of names of attributes existing within this attribute.
String	getName()	Return the name of this attribute.
void	set(String name, Object obj)	Set the attribute value.
String	toString()	Return the name as user readable string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

IDENT

public static final String IDENT

Identifier for this attribute, to be used with the get, set, delete methods of Certificate, x509 type.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

NAME

public static final String NAME

Sub attributes name for this CertAttrSet.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

DN_NAME

public static final String DN_NAME

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

dnName

private X500Name dnName

Constructor Details

CertificateIssuerName

public CertificateIssuerName(X500Name name)

Default constructor for the certificate attribute.

Parameters:

name - the X500Name

CertificateIssuerName

public CertificateIssuerName(DerInputStream in)
                      throws IOException

Create the object, decoding the values from the passed DER stream.

Parameters:

in - the DerInputStream to read the X500Name from.

Throws:

IOException - on decoding errors.

CertificateIssuerName

public CertificateIssuerName(InputStream in)
                      throws IOException

Create the object, decoding the values from the passed stream.

Parameters:

in - the InputStream to read the X500Name from.

Throws:

IOException - on decoding errors.

Method Details

toString

public String toString()

Return the name as user readable string.

Specified by:

toString in interface CertAttrSet

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

value of this certificate attribute in printable form.

encode

public void encode(OutputStream out)
            throws IOException

Encode the name in DER form to the stream.

Specified by:

encode in interface CertAttrSet

Parameters:

out - the DerOutputStream to marshal the contents to.

Throws:

IOException - on errors.

decode

public void decode(InputStream in)
            throws IOException

Decode the name in DER form from the stream.

Specified by:

decode in interface CertAttrSet

Parameters:

in - the InputStream to marshal the contents from.

Throws:

IOException - on errors.

set

public void set(String name,
 Object obj)
         throws IOException

Set the attribute value.

Specified by:

set in interface CertAttrSet

Parameters:

name - the name of the attribute (e.g. "x509.info.key")

obj - the attribute object.

Throws:

IOException - on other errors.

get

public Object get(String name)
           throws IOException

Get the attribute value.

Specified by:

get in interface CertAttrSet

Parameters:

name - the name of the attribute to return.

Returns:

attribute value

Throws:

IOException - on other errors.

delete

public void delete(String name)
            throws IOException

Delete the attribute value.

Specified by:

delete in interface CertAttrSet

Parameters:

name - the name of the attribute to delete.

Throws:

IOException - on other errors.

getAttributeNames

public Enumeration<String> getAttributeNames()

Return an enumeration of names of attributes existing within this attribute.

Specified by:

getAttributeNames in interface CertAttrSet

Returns:

an enumeration of the attribute names.

getName

public String getName()

Return the name of this attribute.

Specified by:

getName in interface CertAttrSet

Returns:

the name of this CertAttrSet.