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

Class CertificateValidity

java.lang.Object

org.mozilla.jss.netscape.security.x509.CertificateValidity

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, CertAttrSet

public class CertificateValidity
extends Object
implements CertAttrSet, Serializable

This class defines the interval for which the certificate is valid.

Version:

1.12

See Also:

• CertAttrSet
• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
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.
static final String	NOT_AFTER
static final String	NOT_BEFORE
private Date	notAfter
private Date	notBefore
private static final long	serialVersionUID
private static final long	YR_2050

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CertificateValidity()	Default constructor for the class.
CertificateValidity(Date notBefore, Date notAfter)	The default constructor for this class for the specified interval.
CertificateValidity(DerInputStream in)	Create the object, decoding the values from the passed DER stream.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
private void	construct(DerValue derVal)
void	decode(InputStream in)	Decode the CertificateValidity period from the InputStream.
void	delete(String name)	Delete the attribute value.
void	encode(OutputStream out)	Encode the CertificateValidity period 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.
private Date	getNotAfter()
private Date	getNotBefore()
private void	readObject(ObjectInputStream stream)
void	set(String name, Object obj)	Set the attribute value.
String	toString()	Return the validity period as user readable string.
void	valid()	Verify that the current time is within the validity period.
void	valid(Date now)	Verify that the passed time is within the validity period.
private void	writeObject(ObjectOutputStream stream)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

serialVersionUID

private static final long serialVersionUID

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

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

NOT_BEFORE

public static final String NOT_BEFORE

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

NOT_AFTER

public static final String NOT_AFTER

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

YR_2050

private static final long YR_2050

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

notBefore

private Date notBefore

notAfter

private Date notAfter

Constructor Details

CertificateValidity

public CertificateValidity()

Default constructor for the class.

CertificateValidity

public CertificateValidity(Date notBefore,
 Date notAfter)

The default constructor for this class for the specified interval.

Parameters:

notBefore - the date and time before which the certificate is not valid.

notAfter - the date and time after which the certificate is not valid.

CertificateValidity

public CertificateValidity(DerInputStream in)
                    throws IOException

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

Parameters:

in - the DerInputStream to read the CertificateValidity from.

Throws:

IOException - on decoding errors.

Method Details

getNotBefore

private Date getNotBefore()

getNotAfter

private Date getNotAfter()

construct

private void construct(DerValue derVal)
                throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

toString

public String toString()

Return the validity period as user readable string.

Specified by:

toString in interface CertAttrSet

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

value of this certificate attribute in printable form.

decode

public void decode(InputStream in)
            throws IOException

Decode the CertificateValidity period from the InputStream.

Specified by:

decode in interface CertAttrSet

Parameters:

in - the InputStream to unmarshal the contents from.

Throws:

IOException - on errors.

writeObject

private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream stream)
                  throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

readObject

private void readObject(ObjectInputStream stream)
                 throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

encode

public void encode(OutputStream out)
            throws IOException

Encode the CertificateValidity period in DER form to the stream.

Specified by:

encode in interface CertAttrSet

Parameters:

out - the OutputStream to marshal the contents to.

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.

valid

public void valid()
           throws CertificateNotYetValidException,
CertificateExpiredException

Verify that the current time is within the validity period.

Throws:

CertificateExpiredException - if the certificate has expired.

CertificateNotYetValidException - if the certificate is not yet valid.

valid

public void valid(Date now)
           throws CertificateNotYetValidException,
CertificateExpiredException

Verify that the passed time is within the validity period.

Parameters:

now - the Date against which to compare the validity period.

Throws:

CertificateExpiredException - if the certificate has expired with respect to the Date supplied.

CertificateNotYetValidException - if the certificate is not yet valid with respect to the Date supplied.