COM.claymoresystems.cert

Class X509Name

java.lang.Object

COM.claymoresystems.cert.X509Name

All Implemented Interfaces:

DistinguishedName

public class X509Name
extends java.lang.Object
implements DistinguishedName

An implementation of Distinguished Names

A DN is a SEQUENCE of SETs of "attribute value assertions" (AVAs)

Each AVA consists of a type and a value.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
X509Name(byte[] nameDER) Create a name given the DER
X509Name(java.util.Vector dn)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.Vector	getName() Get the name in more or less unformatted form.
byte[]	getNameDER() Get the DER form of the name
java.lang.String	getNameString() Get the name in a string form

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

X509Name

public X509Name(byte[] nameDER)

Create a name given the DER

Parameters:

nameDER - the encoded form of the name

X509Name

public X509Name(java.util.Vector dn)

Method Detail

getNameDER

public byte[] getNameDER()

Get the DER form of the name

Specified by:

getNameDER in interface DistinguishedName

Returns:

the encoded form

getName

public java.util.Vector getName()

Get the name in more or less unformatted form.

The outer SEQUENCE is represented by a Vector, each element of which (a SET) is also a Vector. Each element of the inner Vector (the AVA) is a String[2] with the first element being the attribute and the second being the value

Specified by:

getName in interface DistinguishedName

Returns:

the name in a Vector form

getNameString

public java.lang.String getNameString()

Get the name in a string form

Specified by:

getNameString in interface DistinguishedName

Returns:

a string formatted version of the name