IT. Expert System.

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Principal

Direct Known Subclasses:

Identity2Test.IdentitySubclass, IdentityScope, IdentityStub, Signer

@Deprecated
public abstract class Identity
extends Object
implements Principal, Serializable

See Also:

Serialized Form

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Modifier	Constructor and Description
  protected	Identity() Deprecated. Constructs a new instance of Identity.
  	Identity(String name) Deprecated. Creates a new instance of Identity with the specified name.
  	Identity(String name, IdentityScope scope) Deprecated. Creates a new instance of Identity with the specified name and the scope of this Identity.

• Method Summary

  Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  void	addCertificate(Certificate certificate) Deprecated. Adds a Certificate to this Identity.
  Certificate[]	certificates() Deprecated. Returns the certificates for this Identity.
  boolean	equals(Object obj) Deprecated. Compares the specified object with this Identity for equality and returns true if the specified object is equal, false otherwise.
  String	getInfo() Deprecated. Returns the information string of this Identity.
  String	getName() Deprecated. Returns the name of this Identity.
  PublicKey	getPublicKey() Deprecated. Returns the PublicKey associated with this Identity.
  IdentityScope	getScope() Deprecated. Returns the IdentityScope of this Identity.
  int	hashCode() Deprecated. Returns the hash code value for this Identity.
  protected boolean	identityEquals(Identity identity) Deprecated. Compares the specified Identity with this Identity for equality and returns true if the specified object is equal, false otherwise.
  void	removeCertificate(Certificate certificate) Deprecated. Removes the specified Certificate from this Identity.
  void	setInfo(String info) Deprecated. Sets an information string for this Identity.
  void	setPublicKey(PublicKey key) Deprecated. Sets the specified PublicKey to this Identity.
  String	toString() Deprecated. Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of the this Identity including its name and its scope.
  String	toString(boolean detailed) Deprecated. Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of the this Identity.

  • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

• Constructor Detail

  • Identity

    protected Identity()

    Deprecated.
    Constructs a new instance of Identity.

  • Identity

    public Identity(String name)

    Deprecated.
    Creates a new instance of Identity with the specified name.

    Parameters:

    name - the name of this Identity.

  • Identity

    public Identity(String name,
            IdentityScope scope)
             throws KeyManagementException

    Deprecated.
    Creates a new instance of Identity with the specified name and the scope of this Identity.

    Parameters:

    name - the name of this Identity.

    scope - the IdentityScope of this Identity.

    Throws:

    KeyManagementException - if an Identity with the same name is already present in the specified scope.

• Method Detail

  • addCertificate

    public void addCertificate(Certificate certificate)
                        throws KeyManagementException

    Deprecated.
    Adds a Certificate to this Identity.

    Parameters:

    certificate - the Certificate to be added to this Identity.

    Throws:

    KeyManagementException - if the certificate is not valid.

  • removeCertificate

    public void removeCertificate(Certificate certificate)
                           throws KeyManagementException

    Deprecated.
    Removes the specified Certificate from this Identity.

    Parameters:

    certificate - the Certificate to be removed.

    Throws:

    KeyManagementException - if the certificate is not found.

  • certificates

    public Certificate[] certificates()

    Deprecated.
    Returns the certificates for this Identity. External modifications of the returned array has no impact on this Identity.

    Returns:

    the Certificates for this Identity

  • identityEquals

    protected boolean identityEquals(Identity identity)

    Deprecated.
    Compares the specified Identity with this Identity for equality and returns true if the specified object is equal, false otherwise.

    To be equal, two Identity objects need to have the same name and the same public keys.

    Parameters:

    identity - the identity to check for equality.

    Returns:

    true if the Identity objects are equal, false otherwise.

  • toString

    public String toString(boolean detailed)

    Deprecated.
    Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of the this Identity.

    Parameters:

    detailed - whether or not this method should return detailed information.

    Returns:

    a printable representation for this Permission.

  • getScope

    public final IdentityScope getScope()

    Deprecated.
    Returns the IdentityScope of this Identity.

    Returns:

    the IdentityScope of this Identity.

  • setPublicKey

    public void setPublicKey(PublicKey key)
                      throws KeyManagementException

    Deprecated.
    Sets the specified PublicKey to this Identity.

    Parameters:

    key - the PublicKey to be set.

    Throws:

    KeyManagementException - if another Identity in the same scope as this Identity already has the same PublicKey.

  • getPublicKey

    public PublicKey getPublicKey()

    Deprecated.
    Returns the PublicKey associated with this Identity.

    Returns:

    the PublicKey associated with this Identity.

  • setInfo

    public void setInfo(String info)

    Deprecated.
    Sets an information string for this Identity.

    Parameters:

    info - the information to be set.

  • getInfo

    public String getInfo()

    Deprecated.
    Returns the information string of this Identity.

    Returns:

    the information string of this Identity.

  • equals

    public final boolean equals(Object obj)

    Deprecated.
    Compares the specified object with this Identity for equality and returns true if the specified object is equal, false otherwise. Identity objects are considered equal, if they have the same name and are in the same scope.

    Specified by:

    equals in interface Principal

    Overrides:

    equals in class Object

    Parameters:

    obj - object to be compared for equality with this Identity.

    Returns:

    true if the specified object is equal to this Identity, otherwise false.

    See Also:

    Object.hashCode()

  • getName

    public final String getName()

    Deprecated.
    Returns the name of this Identity.

    Specified by:

    getName in interface Principal

    Returns:

    the name of this Identity.

  • hashCode

    public int hashCode()

    Deprecated.
    Returns the hash code value for this Identity. Returns the same hash code for Identitys that are equal to each other as required by the general contract of Object.hashCode().

    Specified by:

    hashCode in interface Principal

    Overrides:

    hashCode in class Object

    Returns:

    the hash code value for this Identity.

    See Also:

    Object.equals(Object), equals(Object)

  • toString

    public String toString()

    Deprecated.
    Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of the this Identity including its name and its scope.

    Specified by:

    toString in interface Principal

    Overrides:

    toString in class Object

    Returns:

    a printable representation for this Identity.