Certificate (Bouncy Castle Library 1.61 API Specification)

java.lang.Object
- org.bouncycastle.crypto.tls.Certificate

public class Certificate
extends java.lang.Object

Parsing and encoding of a Certificate struct from RFC 4346.

 opaque ASN.1Cert<2^24-1>;

 struct {
     ASN.1Cert certificate_list<0..2^24-1>;
 } Certificate;

See Also:: Certificate

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

protected Certificate[] certificateList

static Certificate EMPTY_CHAIN

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Certificate(Certificate[] certificateList)

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected Certificate[]`	`cloneCertificateList()`
`void`	`encode(java.io.OutputStream output)`	Encode this `Certificate` to an `OutputStream`.
`Certificate`	`getCertificateAt(int index)`
`Certificate[]`	`getCertificateList()`
`int`	`getLength()`
`boolean`	`isEmpty()`
`static Certificate`	`parse(java.io.InputStream input)`	Parse a `Certificate` from an `InputStream`.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - EMPTY_CHAIN
```
public static final Certificate EMPTY_CHAIN
```
  - certificateList
```
protected Certificate[] certificateList
```
- Constructor Detail
  - Certificate
```
public Certificate(Certificate[] certificateList)
```
- Method Detail
  - getCertificateList
```
public Certificate[] getCertificateList()
```
    Returns:
    
    an array of Certificate representing a certificate chain.
  - getCertificateAt
```
public Certificate getCertificateAt(int index)
```
  - getLength
```
public int getLength()
```
  - isEmpty
```
public boolean isEmpty()
```
    Returns:
    
    true if this certificate chain contains no certificates, or false otherwise.
  - encode
```
public void encode(java.io.OutputStream output)
            throws java.io.IOException
```
    Encode this Certificate to an OutputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    output - the OutputStream to encode to.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
  - parse
```
public static Certificate parse(java.io.InputStream input)
                         throws java.io.IOException
```
    Parse a Certificate from an InputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the InputStream to parse from.
    
    Returns:
    
    a Certificate object.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
  - cloneCertificateList
```
protected Certificate[] cloneCertificateList()
```