Interface ICertAuthority

All Superinterfaces:

IAuthority, ISubsystem

public interface ICertAuthority
extends IAuthority

Authority that handles certificates needed by the cert registration servlets.

Version:

$Revision$ $Date$

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
org.mozilla.jss.netscape.security.x509.X509CertImpl	getCACert()	Returns CA's certificate implementaion.
org.mozilla.jss.netscape.security.x509.CertificateChain	getCACertChain()	Returns CA's certificate chain.
String[]	getCASigningAlgorithms()	Returns signing algorithms supported by the CA.
org.mozilla.jss.netscape.security.x509.X500Name	getX500Name()	Returns authority's X500 Name.
void	registerPendingListener(IRequestListener l)	Register a pending listener
void	registerRequestListener(IRequestListener l)	Register a request listener
void	removeRequestListener(IRequestListener l)	Remove a request listener

Methods inherited from interface IAuthority

getNickname, getOfficialName

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getNickname()	nickname of signing (id) cert
String	getOfficialName()	return official product name.

Methods inherited from interface ISubsystem

getConfigStore, getId, init, setId, shutdown, startup

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
IConfigStore	getConfigStore()	Returns the root configuration storage of this system.
String	getId()	Retrieves the name of this subsystem.
void	init(IConfigStore config)	Initializes this subsystem with the given configuration store.
void	setId(String id)	Sets specific to this subsystem.
void	shutdown()	Stops this system.
void	startup()	Notifies this subsystem if owner is in running mode.

Method Details

getCACertChain

org.mozilla.jss.netscape.security.x509.CertificateChain getCACertChain()

Returns CA's certificate chain.

Returns:

the Certificate Chain for the CA.

getCACert

org.mozilla.jss.netscape.security.x509.X509CertImpl getCACert()
                                                       throws EBaseException

Returns CA's certificate implementaion.

Returns:

CA's certificate.

Throws:

EBaseException

getCASigningAlgorithms

String[] getCASigningAlgorithms()

Returns signing algorithms supported by the CA. Dependent on CA's key type and algorithms supported by security lib.

getX500Name

org.mozilla.jss.netscape.security.x509.X500Name getX500Name()

Returns authority's X500 Name. - XXX what's this for ??

registerRequestListener

void registerRequestListener(IRequestListener l)

Register a request listener

Specified by:

registerRequestListener in interface IAuthority

removeRequestListener

void removeRequestListener(IRequestListener l)

Remove a request listener

registerPendingListener

void registerPendingListener(IRequestListener l)

Register a pending listener

Specified by:

registerPendingListener in interface IAuthority