com.ibm.security12.sun.security.x509
Class CertificateValidity

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.ibm.security12.sun.security.x509.CertificateValidity

public class CertificateValidity
extends Object
implements CertAttrSet

This class defines the interval for which the certificate is valid.

Version:
1.13
Author:
Amit Kapoor, Hemma Prafullchandra
See Also:
CertAttrSet

Field Summary
static String IDENT
          Identifier for this attribute, to be used with the get, set, delete methods of Certificate, x509 type.
static String NAME
          Sub attributes name for this CertAttrSet.
static String NOT_AFTER
           
static String NOT_BEFORE
           
 
Constructor Summary
CertificateValidity()
          Default constructor for the class.
CertificateValidity(Date notBefore, Date notAfter)
          The default constructor for this class for the specified interval.
CertificateValidity(DerInputStream in)
          Create the object, decoding the values from the passed DER stream.
 
Method Summary
 void decode(InputStream in)
          Decode the CertificateValidity period from the InputStream.
 void delete(String name)
          Delete the attribute value.
 void encode(OutputStream out)
          Encode the CertificateValidity period in DER form to the stream.
 Object get(String name)
          Get the attribute value.
 Enumeration getElements()
          Return an enumeration of names of attributes existing within this attribute.
 String getName()
          Return the name of this attribute.
 void set(String name, Object obj)
          Set the attribute value.
 String toString()
          Return the validity period as user readable string.
 void valid()
          Verify that the current time is within the validity period.
 void valid(Date now)
          Verify that the passed time is within the validity period.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

IDENT

public static final String IDENT
Identifier for this attribute, to be used with the get, set, delete methods of Certificate, x509 type.

NAME

public static final String NAME
Sub attributes name for this CertAttrSet.

NOT_BEFORE

public static final String NOT_BEFORE

NOT_AFTER

public static final String NOT_AFTER
Constructor Detail

CertificateValidity

public CertificateValidity()
Default constructor for the class.

CertificateValidity

public CertificateValidity(Date notBefore,
                           Date notAfter)
The default constructor for this class for the specified interval.
Parameters:
notBefore - the date and time before which the certificate is not valid.
notAfter - the date and time after which the certificate is not valid.

CertificateValidity

public CertificateValidity(DerInputStream in)
                    throws IOException
Create the object, decoding the values from the passed DER stream.
Parameters:
in - the DerInputStream to read the CertificateValidity from.
Throws:
IOException - on decoding errors.
Method Detail

toString

public String toString()
Return the validity period as user readable string.
Specified by:
toString in interface CertAttrSet
Overrides:
toString in class Object

decode

public void decode(InputStream in)
            throws IOException
Decode the CertificateValidity period from the InputStream.
Specified by:
decode in interface CertAttrSet
Parameters:
in - the InputStream to unmarshal the contents from.
Throws:
IOException - on errors.

encode

public void encode(OutputStream out)
            throws IOException
Encode the CertificateValidity period in DER form to the stream.
Specified by:
encode in interface CertAttrSet
Parameters:
out - the OutputStream to marshal the contents to.
Throws:
IOException - on errors.

set

public void set(String name,
                Object obj)
         throws IOException
Set the attribute value.
Specified by:
set in interface CertAttrSet

get

public Object get(String name)
           throws IOException
Get the attribute value.
Specified by:
get in interface CertAttrSet

delete

public void delete(String name)
            throws IOException
Delete the attribute value.
Specified by:
delete in interface CertAttrSet

getElements

public Enumeration getElements()
Return an enumeration of names of attributes existing within this attribute.
Specified by:
getElements in interface CertAttrSet

getName

public String getName()
Return the name of this attribute.
Specified by:
getName in interface CertAttrSet

valid

public void valid()
           throws CertificateNotYetValidException,
                  CertificateExpiredException
Verify that the current time is within the validity period.
Throws:
CertificateExpiredException - if the certificate has expired.
CertificateNotYetValidException - if the certificate is not yet valid.

valid

public void valid(Date now)
           throws CertificateNotYetValidException,
                  CertificateExpiredException
Verify that the passed time is within the validity period.
Parameters:
now - the Date against which to compare the validity period.
Throws:
CertificateExpiredException - if the certificate has expired with respect to the Date supplied.
CertificateNotYetValidException - if the certificate is not yet valid with respect to the Date supplied.