rice.post.security.ca
Class CAPostCertificate

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class CAPostCertificate

extends PostCertificate

This class is the notion of a PostCertificate using the PKI (CA) based authentication mechism.

Version:

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

Author:

amislove

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

protected

CAPostCertificate(PostEntityAddress address, java.security.PublicKey key, byte[] signature) Builds a PostCertificate from a user address and a public key.

Method Summary

byte[]

getSignature() Gets the signature of the PostCertificate object

Methods inherited from class rice.post.security.PostCertificate

equals, getAddress, getKey

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CAPostCertificate

protected CAPostCertificate(PostEntityAddress address,
                            java.security.PublicKey key,
                            byte[] signature)

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

signature - The signature which verifies this certificate

Method Detail

getSignature

public byte[] getSignature()

Gets the signature of the PostCertificate object

Returns:

The signature