spki
Class Issuer

java.lang.Object
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public class Issuer

extends BaseObj

SPKI Issuer class.

Formal definitions:

 <issuer>:: "(" "issuer" <principal> ")" ;
 

Version:

$Id: Issuer.java,v 1.11 2002/06/25 17:28:33 tep Exp $

Author:

Tep Narula <tep@win.trlabs.ca>, adapted from SPKI.SPKIIssuer by Per Harald Myrvang <perm@pasta.cs.uit.no>

See Also:

Principal

Field Summary

private static String	__ME This class's full name.
private Principal	principal The issuer's principal.
static String	SEXP_NAME This class S-Expression type name, used by toSExpression() and other methods.

Fields inherited from class spki.BaseObj

__ME, cache_sexp, cached_sexp, DEFAULT_HASH_ALG, locked, SEXP_NAME

Constructor Summary

protected	Issuer() Don't use me!
	Issuer(Principal principal) Create an immutable Issuer object from a principal.
	Issuer(SExpression sexp) Create an immutable Issuer object from an S-Expression.

Method Summary

Principal	getPrincipal() Get the issuer's principal.
SExpression	toSExpression() Create an immutable Issuer object from a hash of a public key.

Methods inherited from class spki.BaseObj

disableSExpressionCaching, enableSExpressionCaching, extractHashAlgId, getCachedSExpression, isLocked, isSListOfType, lock, providerToSPKI, setCachedSExpression, spkiToProvider, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

, clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, registerNatives, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

__ME

private static final String __ME

This class's full name.

SEXP_NAME

public static final String SEXP_NAME

This class S-Expression type name, used by toSExpression() and other methods.

See Also:

toSExpression()

principal

private Principal principal

The issuer's principal.

Constructor Detail

Issuer

protected Issuer()

Don't use me!

See Also:

Issuer(SExpression), Issuer(spki.interfaces.Principal)

Issuer

public Issuer(SExpression sexp)
       throws ParseException,
              SPKIException

Create an immutable Issuer object from an S-Expression.

See Also:

BaseObj.BaseObj(SExpression)

Issuer

public Issuer(Principal principal)
       throws SPKIException

Create an immutable Issuer object from a principal.

Parameters:

principal - the issuer's principcal.

Throws:

SPKIException - if something went wrong.

Method Detail

toSExpression

public SExpression toSExpression()
                          throws SPKIException

Create an immutable Issuer object from a hash of a public key.

Overrides:

toSExpression in class BaseObj

Parameters:

keyhash - the issuer's hash of public-key.

Throws:

SPKIException - if something went wrong.

getPrincipal

public Principal getPrincipal()

Get the issuer's principal.

Returns:

issuer's Principal object.