IT. Expert System.

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Principal

Direct Known Subclasses:

SignerStub

@Deprecated
public abstract class Signer
extends Identity

See Also:

Serialized Form

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Modifier	Constructor and Description
  protected	Signer() Deprecated. Constructs a new instance of Signer.
  	Signer(String name) Deprecated. Constructs a new instance of Signer with the given name.
  	Signer(String name, IdentityScope scope) Deprecated. Constructs a new instance of Signer with the given name in the given scope.

• Method Summary

  Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  PrivateKey	getPrivateKey() Deprecated. Returns the private key of this Signer.
  void	setKeyPair(KeyPair pair) Deprecated. Associates the specified key pair with this Signer.
  String	toString() Deprecated. Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this Signer including its name and its scope if present.

  • Methods inherited from class java.security.Identity

    addCertificate, certificates, equals, getInfo, getName, getPublicKey, getScope, hashCode, identityEquals, removeCertificate, setInfo, setPublicKey, toString

  • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

• Constructor Detail

  • Signer

    protected Signer()

    Deprecated.
    Constructs a new instance of Signer.

  • Signer

    public Signer(String name)

    Deprecated.
    Constructs a new instance of Signer with the given name.

    Parameters:

    name - the name of the signer.

  • Signer

    public Signer(String name,
          IdentityScope scope)
           throws KeyManagementException

    Deprecated.
    Constructs a new instance of Signer with the given name in the given scope.

    Parameters:

    name - the name of the signer.

    scope - the scope of the signer.

    Throws:

    KeyManagementException - if a signer with the specified name already exists in the provided scope.

• Method Detail

  • getPrivateKey

    public PrivateKey getPrivateKey()

    Deprecated.
    Returns the private key of this Signer.

  • setKeyPair

    public final void setKeyPair(KeyPair pair)
                          throws InvalidParameterException,
                                 KeyException

    Deprecated.
    Associates the specified key pair with this Signer.

    Parameters:

    pair - the key pair to associate with this Signer.

    Throws:

    InvalidParameterException - if the key pair is invalid.

    KeyException - if any other key related problem occurs.

  • toString

    public String toString()

    Deprecated.
    Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this Signer including its name and its scope if present.

    Specified by:

    toString in interface Principal

    Overrides:

    toString in class Identity

    Returns:

    a printable representation for this Signer.