PublicKey

namespace Akenti class PublicKey

This abstract class defines an interface to a generic signed certificate

CertificateGeneratorImpl(): Constructs this object
virtual ~CertificateGeneratorImpl(): Deletes this object
virtual void setSubject(const Principal& subject): Sets the subject of this certificate
virtual void setSubjectPublicKey(const PublicKey& subjectKey): Sets the Subject's publicKey
virtual void setIssuer(const Principal& issuer): Sets the issuer of this certificate
virtual void setValidity(int days): Sets the validity of this certificate
virtual void setSerialNumber(long serialNumber): Sets the serial number of this certificate
virtual void setVersionNumber(long versionNumber): Sets the version number of this certificate
virtual Certificate generate(const string& algorithm, const PrivateKey& privateKey): Signs the certificate using the signature algorithm specified by algorithm and the guarantor's private key specified by privateKey
virtual string paramString() const: Returns string of items of this certificate for correctness check

Documentation

This abstract class defines an interface to a generic signed certificate. A certficate is constant once it has been generated, so this class only defines methods to get fields of the certificate such as type, versionNumber, serialNumber, signature that a certificate supports. A certificate is created by the CertificateGenerator class. OpenSSLX509Certificate is currently the only subclass of this class. The rest of the Akenti certificates are subclasses of AkentiCertificateImpl.

CertificateGeneratorImpl()

Constructs this object

virtual ~CertificateGeneratorImpl()

Deletes this object

virtual void setSubject(const Principal& subject)

Sets the subject of this certificate.

Parameters:: subject - Principal is the subject of this certificate

virtual void setSubjectPublicKey(const PublicKey& subjectKey)

Sets the Subject's publicKey.

Parameters:: subjectKey - PublicKey this is the public key of the subject

virtual void setIssuer(const Principal& issuer)

Sets the issuer of this certificate.

Parameters:: issuer - the issuer used for setting

virtual void setValidity(int days)

Sets the validity of this certificate.

Parameters:: days - length of time used for setting this validation

virtual void setSerialNumber(long serialNumber)

Sets the serial number of this certificate.

Parameters:: serialNumber - long the serial number

virtual void setVersionNumber(long versionNumber)

Sets the version number of this certificate.

Parameters:: versionNumber - long the version number

virtual Certificate generate(const string& algorithm, const PrivateKey& privateKey)

Signs the certificate using the signature algorithm specified by algorithm and the guarantor's private key specified by privateKey. The signature is added to the certificate fields. Once a certificate has been generated, it can no longer be modified.

Throws:: SecurityException
Returns:: the generated certificate
Parameters:: algorithm - string the specified algorithm
privateKey - PrivateKey the private key of the guarantor

virtual string paramString() const

Returns string of items of this certificate for correctness check

Author:: Srilekha Mudumbai Abdelilah Essiari
Version:: 1.1 00/05/01
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