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gnu.crypto.keyring
Interface IPublicKeyring

All Superinterfaces:
IKeyring
All Known Implementing Classes:
GnuPublicKeyring

public interface IPublicKeyring
extends IKeyring

An interface for keyrings that contain trusted (by the owner) public credentials (incl. certificates).

Version:
$Revision: 1.2 $
See Also:
IKeyring

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from interface gnu.crypto.keyring.IKeyring
KEYRING_DATA_IN, KEYRING_DATA_OUT, KEYRING_PASSWORD
 
Method Summary
 boolean containsCertificate(java.lang.String alias)
          Tests if this keyring contains a certificate entry with the specified alias.
 java.security.cert.Certificate getCertificate(java.lang.String alias)
          Returns a certificate that has the given alias, or null if this keyring has no such entry.
 void putCertificate(java.lang.String alias, java.security.cert.Certificate cert)
          Adds a certificate in this keyring, with the given alias.
 
Methods inherited from interface gnu.crypto.keyring.IKeyring
add, aliases, containsAlias, get, load, remove, reset, size, store
 

Method Detail

containsCertificate

public boolean containsCertificate(java.lang.String alias)

Tests if this keyring contains a certificate entry with the specified alias.

Parameters:
alias - The alias of the certificate to check.
Returns:
true if this keyring contains a certificate entry that has the given alias; false otherwise.

getCertificate

public java.security.cert.Certificate getCertificate(java.lang.String alias)

Returns a certificate that has the given alias, or null if this keyring has no such entry.

Parameters:
alias - The alias of the certificate to find.
Returns:
The certificate with the designated alias, or null if none found.

putCertificate

public void putCertificate(java.lang.String alias,
                           java.security.cert.Certificate cert)

Adds a certificate in this keyring, with the given alias.

What happens if there is already a certificate entry with this alias?

Parameters:
alias - The alias of this certificate entry.
cert - The certificate.

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