X500Principal

X500Principal

javax.security.auth.x500

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Java 1.4

serializable

This class implements the java.security.Principal interface for entities represented by X.500 distinguished names (such as "CN=David,O=davidflanagan.com,C=US"). The constructor methods can accept the distinguished name in string form or in binary encoded form. getName( ) returns the name in string form, using the format defined by one of the three consant values. The no-argument version of getName( ) (the one defined by the Principal interface) returns the distinguished name formatted as specified by RFC 2253. Finally, getEncoded( ) returns a binary-encoded form of the name.

Figure 19-28. javax.security.auth.x500.X500Principal

 public final class  X500Principal  implements java.security.Principal, Serializable {  // Public Constructors  public  X500Principal  (java.io.InputStream  is  );        public  X500Principal  (String  name  );        public  X500Principal  (byte[ ]  name  );  // Public Constants  public static final String  CANONICAL  ;  =  "CANONICAL"      public static final String  RFC1779  ;  =  "RFC1779"      public static final String  RFC2253  ;  =  "RFC2253"  // Public Instance Methods  public byte[ ]  getEncoded  ( );        public String  getName  (String  format  );  // Methods Implementing Principal  public boolean  equals  (Object  o  );        public String  getName  ( );        public int  hashCode  ( );        public String  toString  ( );   } 

Passed To

java.security.cert.TrustAnchor.TrustAnchor( ) , java.security.cert.X509CertSelector.{setIssuer( ) , setSubject( )} , java.security.cert.X509CRLSelector.addIssuer( )

Returned By

java.security.cert.TrustAnchor.getCA( ) , java.security.cert.X509Certificate.{getIssuerX500Principal( ) , getSubjectX500Principal( )} , java.security.cert.X509CertSelector.{getIssuer( ) , getSubject( )} , java.security.cert.X509CRL.getIssuerX500Principal( ) , java.security.cert.X509CRLEntry.getCertificateIssuer( )