Java Cryptography

Name

Class java.security.cert.Certificate

Description

The Certificate class represents any type of cryptographic certificate. A certificate contains a public key (see getPublicKey()) and other associated information. The certificate contains an internal signature that protects its integrity. You can verify the integrity of the certificate by calling one of the verify() methods with the public key of the certificate’s issuer. (Note: don’t confuse this class with the java.security.Certificate interface, which is deprecated.)

Class Definition

public abstract class java.security.cert.Certificate
  extends java.lang.Object {

  // Constructors
  public Certificate();

  // Instance Methods
  public boolean equals(Object);
  public abstract byte[] getEncoded();
  public abstract PublicKey getPublicKey();
  public int hashCode();
  public abstract String toString();
  public abstract void verify(PublicKey);
  public abstract void verify(PublicKey, String);
}

See Also

PublicKey, X509Certificate