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/* X509Certificate.java -- base class of X.509 certificates.

   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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package javax.security.cert;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;

import java.io.InputStream;

import java.math.BigInteger;

import java.security.Principal;

import java.security.cert.CertificateFactory;

import java.util.Date;

/**

 * <p>The base class of all X.509 certificates.</p>

 *

 * <p><b>This class is deprecated in favor of the {@link

 * java.security.cert.X509Certificate} class. It should not be used in new

 * applications.</b></p>

 */

public abstract class X509Certificate extends Certificate

{

  // Class methods.

  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------

  /**

   * <p>Get an instance of X509Certificate for the given encoded bytes.</p>

   *

   * @param encoded The encoded certificate.

   * @return An instance of X509Certificate.

   * @throws CertificateException If the encoded certificate cannot be parsed.

   */

  public static X509Certificate getInstance(byte[] encoded)

    throws CertificateException

  {

    return getInstance(new ByteArrayInputStream(encoded));

  }

  /**

   * <p>Get an instance of X509Certificate for the given encoded stream.</p>

   *

   * @param encoded The encoded certificate stream..

   * @return An instance of X509Certificate.

   * @throws CertificateException If the encoded certificate cannot be parsed.

   */

  public static X509Certificate getInstance(InputStream encoded)

    throws CertificateException

  {

    try

      {

        CertificateFactory cf = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509");

        return new X509CertBridge((java.security.cert.X509Certificate)

                                  cf.generateCertificate(encoded));

      }

    catch (java.security.cert.CertificateException ce)

      {

        throw new CertificateException(ce.getMessage());

      }

  }

  // Abstract methods.

  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------

  /**

   * <p>Check if this certificate is valid now.</p>

   *

   * @throws CertificateExpiredException If the certificate has expired.

   * @throws CertificateNotYetValidException If the certificate is not yet valid.

   * @see #checkValidity(java.util.Date)

   */

  public abstract void checkValidity()

    throws CertificateExpiredException, CertificateNotYetValidException;

  /**

   * <p>Check if this certificate is valid for the given date.</p>

   *

   * @param date The date to check.

   * @throws CertificateExpiredException If the certificate has expired.

   * @throws CertificateNotYetValidException If the certificate is not yet valid.

   */

  public abstract void checkValidity(Date date)

    throws CertificateExpiredException, CertificateNotYetValidException;

  /**

   * <p>Returns the X.509 version number.</p>

   *

   * @return The version number.

   */

  public abstract int getVersion();

  /**

   * <p>Returns this certificate's serial number.</p>

   *

   * @return The serial number.

   */

  public abstract BigInteger getSerialNumber();

  /**

   * <p>Returns the distinguished name of this certificate's issuer.</p>

   *

   * @return The issuer's distinguished name.

   */

  public abstract Principal getIssuerDN();

  /**

   * <p>Returns the distinguished name of this certificate's subject.</p>

   *

   * @return The subject's distinguished name.

   */

  public abstract Principal getSubjectDN();

  /**

   * <p>Returns the <i>not before</i> portion of this certificate's validity

   * period.</p>

   *

   * @return The not before date.

   */

  public abstract Date getNotBefore();

  /**

   * <p>Returns the <i>not after</i> portion of this certificate's validity

   * period.</p>

   *

   * @return The not after date.

   */

  public abstract Date getNotAfter();

  /**

   * <p>Returns the name of this certificate's signature algorithm.</p>

   *

   * @return The name of the signature algorithm.

   */

  public abstract String getSigAlgName();

  /**

   * <p>Returns the object identifier (OID) of this certificate's signature

   * algorithm. The returned string is a sequence of integers separated by

   * periods.</p>

   *

   * @return The signature OID.

   */

  public abstract String getSigAlgOID();

  /**

   * <p>Returns the signature parameters. The returned byte array contains the

   * raw DER-encoded parameters.</p>

   *

   * @return The signature parameters.

   */

  public abstract byte[] getSigAlgParams();

}