Module java.base
Package javax.security.cert

Class Certificate

java.lang.Object
javax.security.cert.Certificate
Direct Known Subclasses:
X509Certificate
@Deprecated(since="9",
            forRemoval=true)
public abstract class Certificate
extends Object
Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
Use the classes in java.security.cert instead.

Abstract class for managing a variety of identity certificates. An identity certificate is a guarantee by a principal that a public key is that of another principal. (A principal represents an entity such as an individual user, a group, or a corporation.)

This class is an abstraction for certificates that have different formats but important common uses. For example, different types of certificates, such as X.509 and PGP, share general certificate functionality (like encoding and verifying) and some types of information (like a public key).

X.509, PGP, and SDSI certificates can all be implemented by subclassing the Certificate class, even though they contain different sets of information, and they store and retrieve the information in different ways.

Note: The classes in the package javax.security.cert exist for compatibility with earlier versions of the Java Secure Sockets Extension (JSSE). New applications should instead use the standard Java SE certificate classes located in java.security.cert.

Since:
1.4
See Also:
X509Certificate

  • Constructor Summary

    Constructors 
    Constructor Description
    Certificate()
    Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
     

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type Method Description
    boolean equals​(Object other)
    Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
    Compares this certificate for equality with the specified object.
    abstract byte[] getEncoded()
    Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
    Returns the encoded form of this certificate.
    abstract PublicKey getPublicKey()
    Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
    Gets the public key from this certificate.
    int hashCode()
    Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
    Returns a hashcode value for this certificate from its encoded form.
    abstract String toString()
    Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
    Returns a string representation of this certificate.
    abstract void verify​(PublicKey key)
    Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
    Verifies that this certificate was signed using the private key that corresponds to the specified public key.
    abstract void verify​(PublicKey key, String sigProvider)
    Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
    Verifies that this certificate was signed using the private key that corresponds to the specified public key.

    Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

    clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait