com.netscape.certsrv.base

Class KeyGenInfo

java.lang.Object

com.netscape.certsrv.base.KeyGenInfo

public class KeyGenInfo
extends java.lang.Object

The KeyGenInfo represents the information generated by the KeyGen tag of the HTML forms. It provides the parsing and accessing mechanisms.

 SignedPublicKeyAndChallenge ::= SEQUENCE {
      publicKeyAndChallenge PublicKeyAndChallenge,
      signatureAlgorithm AlgorithmIdentifier,
      signature BIT STRING
 }

 PublicKeyAndChallenge ::= SEQUENCE {
      spki SubjectPublicKeyInfo,
      challenge IA5STRING
 }
 

Version:

$Revision$, $Date$

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
KeyGenInfo() Construct empty KeyGenInfo.
KeyGenInfo(java.lang.String spkac) Construct KeyGenInfo using the SignedPublicKeyAndChallenge string representation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	decode(java.lang.String spkac) Initialize using the SPKAC string
byte[]	encode() Der encoded into buffer
netscape.security.x509.AlgorithmId	getAlgorithmId() Get Algorithm ID
java.lang.String	getChallenge() Get Challenge phrase in string format
netscape.security.util.DerValue	getDerChallenge() Get Challenge phrase in DerValue form
netscape.security.util.DerValue	getDerSPKI() Get SPKI in DerValue form
byte[]	getSignature() Get Signature
netscape.security.x509.X509Key	getSPKI() Get SPKI as X509Key
java.lang.String	toString() String representation of KenGenInfo
boolean	validateChallenge(java.lang.String challenge) Validate Signature and Challenge Phrase

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

KeyGenInfo

public KeyGenInfo()

Construct empty KeyGenInfo. Need to call decode function later to initialize.

KeyGenInfo

public KeyGenInfo(java.lang.String spkac)
           throws java.io.IOException

Construct KeyGenInfo using the SignedPublicKeyAndChallenge string representation.

Parameters:

spkac - SignedPublicKeyAndChallenge string representation

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Method Detail

decode

public void decode(java.lang.String spkac)
            throws java.io.IOException

Initialize using the SPKAC string

Parameters:

spkac - SPKAC string from the end user

Throws:

java.io.IOException

encode

public byte[] encode()

Der encoded into buffer

Returns:

Der encoded buffer

getDerSPKI

public netscape.security.util.DerValue getDerSPKI()

Get SPKI in DerValue form

Returns:

SPKI in DerValue form

getSPKI

public netscape.security.x509.X509Key getSPKI()

Get SPKI as X509Key

Returns:

SPKI in X509Key form

getDerChallenge

public netscape.security.util.DerValue getDerChallenge()

Get Challenge phrase in DerValue form

Returns:

Challenge in DerValue form. null if none.

getChallenge

public java.lang.String getChallenge()

Get Challenge phrase in string format

Returns:

challenge phrase. null if none.

getSignature

public byte[] getSignature()

Get Signature

Returns:

signature

getAlgorithmId

public netscape.security.x509.AlgorithmId getAlgorithmId()

Get Algorithm ID

Returns:

the algorithm id

validateChallenge

public boolean validateChallenge(java.lang.String challenge)

Validate Signature and Challenge Phrase

Parameters:

challenge - phrase; null if none

Returns:

true if validated; otherwise, false

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

String representation of KenGenInfo

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

string representation of KeGenInfo