Contains abstract classes for X509 Certificates.

Package Specification

The X509Certificate class differs slightly from the new definition in Java 2. The static certificate-creation methods (getInstance) are not present under Java 2. Some application require exaclty this interface.

The X509Certificate class represents Sun's specification by extending the java.security.cert.X509Certificate class. This is why the classes of this package need Java 2. Like java.security.cert.X509Certificate, X509Certificate it is abstract itself. The getInstance methods return de.tu_darmstadt.sp.security.X509CertImpl objects.

By replacing this javax.security.cert implementation with one which does not require Java 2 you eliminate the need for jdk 1.2

Related Documentation

The package is not documented. For the documentation of the API, see the SSL API reference pages.



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