com.netscape.certsrv.authority

Interface ICertAuthority

All Superinterfaces:

IAuthority, ISubsystem

public interface ICertAuthority
extends IAuthority

Authority that handles certificates needed by the cert registration servlets.

Version:

$Revision$ $Date$

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
netscape.security.x509.X509CertImpl	getCACert() Returns CA's certificate implementaion.
netscape.security.x509.CertificateChain	getCACertChain() Returns CA's certificate chain.
java.lang.String[]	getCASigningAlgorithms() Returns signing algorithms supported by the CA.
ICertificateRepository	getCertificateRepository() Retrieves the certificate repository for this authority.
ILogger	getLogger() Returns the logging interface for this authority.
IPublisherProcessor	getPublisherProcessor() get authority's publishing module if any.
netscape.security.x509.X500Name	getX500Name() Returns authority's X500 Name.
void	registerPendingListener(IRequestListener l) Register a pending listener
void	registerRequestListener(IRequestListener l) Register a request listener
void	removeRequestListener(IRequestListener l) Remove a request listener

Methods inherited from interface com.netscape.certsrv.authority.IAuthority

getNickname, getOfficialName, getRequestQueue, log

Methods inherited from interface com.netscape.certsrv.base.ISubsystem

getConfigStore, getId, init, setId, shutdown, startup

Method Detail

getCertificateRepository

ICertificateRepository getCertificateRepository()

Retrieves the certificate repository for this authority.

Returns:

the certificate repository.

getCACertChain

netscape.security.x509.CertificateChain getCACertChain()

Returns CA's certificate chain.

Returns:

the Certificate Chain for the CA.

getCACert

netscape.security.x509.X509CertImpl getCACert()
                                       throws EBaseException

Returns CA's certificate implementaion.

Returns:

CA's certificate.

Throws:

EBaseException

getCASigningAlgorithms

java.lang.String[] getCASigningAlgorithms()

Returns signing algorithms supported by the CA. Dependent on CA's key type and algorithms supported by security lib.

getX500Name

netscape.security.x509.X500Name getX500Name()

Returns authority's X500 Name. - XXX what's this for ??

registerRequestListener

void registerRequestListener(IRequestListener l)

Register a request listener

Specified by:

registerRequestListener in interface IAuthority

removeRequestListener

void removeRequestListener(IRequestListener l)

Remove a request listener

registerPendingListener

void registerPendingListener(IRequestListener l)

Register a pending listener

Specified by:

registerPendingListener in interface IAuthority

getPublisherProcessor

IPublisherProcessor getPublisherProcessor()

get authority's publishing module if any.

getLogger

ILogger getLogger()

Returns the logging interface for this authority. Using this interface both System and Audit events can be logged.