Name
Signer
Synopsis
This deprecated class was used in
Java 1.1 to represent an entity or Principal
that
has an associated PrivateKey
that enables it to
create digital signatures. As of Java 1.2, this class and the related
Identity
and IdentityScope
classes have been replaced by KeyStore
and
java.security.cert.Certificate
. See also
Identity
.
Figure 14-42. java.security.Signer
public abstract class Signer extends Identity { // Public Constructors public Signer(String name); public Signer(String name, IdentityScope scope) throws KeyManagementException; // Protected Constructors protected Signer( ); // Public Instance Methods public PrivateKey getPrivateKey( ); public final void setKeyPair(KeyPair pair) throws InvalidParameterException, KeyException; // Public Methods Overriding Identity public String toString( ); }
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