java.security

Class Signer

java.lang.Object

java.security.Identity

java.security.Signer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Principal

Deprecated.

Replaced by java.security.KeyStore, the java.security.cert package, and java.security.Principal.

public abstract class Signer
extends Identity

Signer is a subclass of Identity. It is used to store a digital signature key with an Identity.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	Signer() Deprecated. Trivial constructor for serialization purposes.
	Signer(String name) Deprecated. Constructs a new instance of Signer with the specified identity name.
	Signer(String name, IdentityScope scope) Deprecated. Constructs a new instance of Signer with the specified identity name and IdentityScope.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PrivateKey	getPrivateKey() Deprecated. Returns the private key of this Signer.
void	setKeyPair(KeyPair pair) Deprecated. Specifies the KeyPair associated with this Signer.
String	toString() Deprecated. Returns a string representation of this Identity.

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.

Trivial constructor for serialization purposes.

Signer

public Signer(String name)

Deprecated.

Constructs a new instance of Signer with the specified identity name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the identity to use.

Signer

public Signer(String name,
      IdentityScope scope)
       throws KeyManagementException

Deprecated.

Constructs a new instance of Signer with the specified identity name and IdentityScope.

Parameters:

name - the name of the the identity to use.

scope - the IdentityScope to use.

Throws:

KeyManagementException - if a duplicate identity name exists within scope.

Method Detail

getPrivateKey

public PrivateKey getPrivateKey()

Deprecated.

Returns the private key of this Signer.

Throws:

SecurityException - if a SecurityManager is installed which disallows this operation.

setKeyPair

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

Deprecated.

Specifies the KeyPair associated with this Signer.

Parameters:

pair - the KeyPair to use.

Throws:

InvalidParameterException - if the key-pair is invalid.

KeyException - if any another key-related error occurs.

SecurityException - if a SecurityManager is installed which disallows this operation.

toString

public String toString()

Deprecated.

Description copied from class: Identity

Returns a string representation of this Identity.

Specified by:

toString in interface Principal

Overrides:

toString in class Identity

Returns:

a string representation of this Identity.

See Also:

Object.getClass(), Object.hashCode(), Class.getName(), Integer.toHexString(int)