All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Principal

@Deprecated(since="1.2",
            forRemoval=true)
public abstract class Signer
extends Identity

Since:

1.1

See Also:

Identity, Serialized Form

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors 

  Modifier	Constructor	Description
  protected	Signer()	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Creates a signer.
  	Signer​(String name)	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Creates a signer with the specified identity name.
  	Signer​(String name, IdentityScope scope)	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Creates a signer with the specified identity name and scope.

• Method Summary

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  PrivateKey	getPrivateKey()	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Returns this signer's private key.
  void	setKeyPair​(KeyPair pair)	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Sets the key pair (public key and private key) for this signer.
  String	toString()	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Returns a string of information about the signer.

  Methods declared in class java.security.Identity

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

• Constructor Details

  • Signer

    protected Signer()

    Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

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

  • Signer

    public Signer​(String name)

    Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

    Creates a signer with the specified identity name.

    Parameters:

    name - the identity name.

  • Signer

    Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

    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.

• Method Details

  • getPrivateKey

    Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

    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

    Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

    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

    Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

    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)