java.security.Certificate |
This interface was deprecated
in API level 1.
Use
Certificate
instead.
Certificate
represents an identity certificate, such as X.509 or PGP.
Note: A
Certificate
instances does not make any statement about the
validity of itself. It's in the responsibility of the application to verify
the validity of its certificates.
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Decodes a certificate from the given
InputStream
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Encodes this certificate to an output stream.
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Returns a string identifying the format of this certificate.
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Returns the guarantor of this certificate.
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Returns the principal of this certificate.
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Returns the public key of this certificate.
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Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of the
this
Certificate
.
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Decodes a certificate from the given
InputStream
. The format of
the data to encode must be that identified by
getFormat()
and
encoded by
encode(OutputStream)
.
stream |
the
InputStream
to read from.
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KeyException | if certificate information is incomplete or incorrect. |
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IOException | if an exception is thrown by accessing the provided stream. |
Encodes this certificate to an output stream. The
decode(InputStream)
method must be able to decode the format
written by this method.
stream |
the
OutputStream
to encode this certificate to.
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KeyException | if certificate information is incomplete or incorrect. |
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IOException | if an exception is thrown by accessing the provided stream. |
Returns a string identifying the format of this certificate.
Returns the guarantor of this certificate. That guarantor guarantees,
that the public key of this certificate is from the principal returned by
getPrincipal()
.
Returns the principal of this certificate. The principal is guaranteed by
the guarantor returned by
getGuarantor()
.
Returns the public key of this certificate. The public key is guaranteed by the guarantor to belong to the principal.
Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of the
this
Certificate
.
detailed | whether or not this method should return detailed information. |
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