rice.post.security.pknoi
Class PKnoIChain

java.lang.Object
  rice.post.security.pknoi.PKnoIChain

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class PKnoIChain

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

This class is the notion of a chain of "vouches" from one user to another in the PKnoI POST system. The chain can contain other metadata, such as the "validity" of this chain (based on some metric) or similar information.

Version:

$Id: PKnoIChain.java 1301 2003-07-17 17:11:16Z amislove $

Author:

amislove

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

protected

PKnoIChain(PKnoIPostCertificate from, PKnoIPostCertificate to, PKnoISignature[] sigs) Builds a PKnoIChain from the to and from certificates, and the chain of signatures which verify each other

Method Summary

PKnoIPostCertificate	getFrom() Returns the origin user for this cahin
PKnoISignature[]	getSignatures() Returns the signatures for this cahin
PKnoIPostCertificate	getTo() Returns the destination user for this cahin

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PKnoIChain

protected PKnoIChain(PKnoIPostCertificate from,
                     PKnoIPostCertificate to,
                     PKnoISignature[] sigs)

Builds a PKnoIChain from the to and from certificates, and the chain of signatures which verify each other

Parameters:

from - The origin user

to - The destination user

sigs - The array of signatures

Method Detail

getFrom

public PKnoIPostCertificate getFrom()

Returns the origin user for this cahin

Returns:

The origin of the chain

getTo

public PKnoIPostCertificate getTo()

Returns the destination user for this cahin

Returns:

The destination of the chain

getSignatures

public PKnoISignature[] getSignatures()

Returns the signatures for this cahin

Returns:

The signatures for the chain