rice.post.security
Class PostCertificate

java.lang.Object
  rice.post.security.PostCertificate

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CAPostCertificate, PKnoIPostCertificate

public abstract class PostCertificate

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

This class is the abstraction of a certificate in the POST system, regardless of the underlying security model. This class contains an address and a key.

Version:

$Id: PostCertificate.java 1293 2003-07-16 18:26:36Z amislove $

Author:

amislove

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

protected

PostCertificate(PostEntityAddress address, java.security.PublicKey key) Builds a PostCertificate from a user address and a public key.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o) Returns whether or not this object is equal
PostEntityAddress	getAddress() Gets the Address attribute of the PostCertificate object
java.security.PublicKey	getKey() Gets the Key attribute of the PostCertificate object

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PostCertificate

protected PostCertificate(PostEntityAddress address,
                          java.security.PublicKey key)

Builds a PostCertificate from a user address and a public key.

Parameters:

address - The address of the user whose certificate this is

key - The key of the user whose certificate this is

Method Detail

getAddress

public PostEntityAddress getAddress()

Gets the Address attribute of the PostCertificate object

Returns:

The Address value

getKey

public java.security.PublicKey getKey()

Gets the Key attribute of the PostCertificate object

Returns:

The Key value

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Returns whether or not this object is equal

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

o - The object to compare to

Returns:

Whether or not this one is equal.