java.security
Class Signer

java.lang.Object
  java.security.Identity
      java.security.Signer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Principal, Serializable

public abstract class Signer

extends Identity

This class is used to represent an Identity that can also digitally sign data.

The management of a signer's private keys is an important and sensitive issue that should be handled by subclasses as appropriate to their intended use.

See Also:

Identity, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
protected	Signer()           Deprecated. Creates a signer.
	Signer(String name)           Deprecated. Creates a signer with the specified identity name.
	Signer(String name, IdentityScope scope)           Deprecated. Creates a signer with the specified identity name and scope.

 

Method Summary
PrivateKey	getPrivateKey()           Deprecated. Returns this signer's private key.
void	setKeyPair(KeyPair pair)           Deprecated. Sets the key pair (public key and private key) for this signer.
String	toString()           Deprecated. Returns a string of information about the signer.

 

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. 

Creates a signer. This constructor should only be used for serialization.

Signer

public Signer(String name)

Deprecated. 

Creates a signer with the specified identity name.

Parameters:

name - the identity name.

Signer

public Signer(String name,
              IdentityScope scope)
       throws KeyManagementException

Deprecated. 

Creates a signer with the specified identity name and scope.

Parameters:

name - the identity name.

scope - the scope of the identity.

Throws:

KeyManagementException - if there is already an identity with the same name in the scope.

getPrivateKey

public PrivateKey getPrivateKey()

Deprecated. 

Returns this signer's private key.

First, if there is a security manager, its checkSecurityAccess method is called with "getSignerPrivateKey" as its argument to see if it's ok to return the private key.

Returns:

this signer's private key, or null if the private key has not yet been set.

Throws:

SecurityException - if a security manager exists and its checkSecurityAccess method doesn't allow returning the private key.

See Also:

SecurityManager.checkSecurityAccess(java.lang.String)

setKeyPair

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

Deprecated. 

Sets the key pair (public key and private key) for this signer.

First, if there is a security manager, its checkSecurityAccess method is called with "setSignerKeyPair" as its argument to see if it's ok to set the key pair.

Parameters:

pair - an initialized key pair.

Throws:

InvalidParameterException - if the key pair is not properly initialized.

KeyException - if the key pair cannot be set for any other reason.

SecurityException - if a security manager exists and its checkSecurityAccess method doesn't allow setting the key pair.

See Also:

SecurityManager.checkSecurityAccess(java.lang.String)

toString

public String toString()

Deprecated. 

Returns a string of information about the signer.

Specified by:

toString in interface Principal

Overrides:

toString in class Identity

Returns:

a string of information about the signer.

See Also:

SecurityManager.checkSecurityAccess(java.lang.String)