org.rdfcontext.signing
Class LiveDBinSignature

java.lang.Object
  org.rdfcontext.signing.LiveDBinSignature

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

PGPLiveSignature, X509LiveSignature

public abstract class LiveDBinSignature

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

A LiveBDinSignature is capable of signing data, it requires a private key as well as a public one.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

LiveDBinSignature()

Method Summary

void	checkPublicAvailability(IURLResolver urlresolver) Deprecated. this method should no more be used to check the availability, it should be done at a upper level...
java.net.URL	getCertificateURL()
abstract java.lang.String	getKindOfCertificate()
void	setCertificateURL(java.net.URL url) Sets the location (URL) of the certificate used to sign data.
java.lang.String	sign(java.lang.String dataToSign) Sign a data string and return the base64 string signature value

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LiveDBinSignature

public LiveDBinSignature()

Method Detail

sign

public java.lang.String sign(java.lang.String dataToSign)
                      throws java.security.SignatureException

Sign a data string and return the base64 string signature value

Parameters:

dataToSign -

Returns:

the encode 64 string signature

Throws:

java.security.SignatureException

checkPublicAvailability

public void checkPublicAvailability(IURLResolver urlresolver)
                             throws NoPublicAvailabilityException

Deprecated. this method should no more be used to check the availability, it should be done at a upper level...

Checks that the Certificate URL (given in the constructor) is actually resolvable and contentwise identical to the local certificate

Parameters:

urlresolver - a URLResolver or null to use the default resolver

Throws:

NoPublicAvailabilityException

See Also:

DefaultURLResolver

getCertificateURL

public java.net.URL getCertificateURL()

Returns:

Returns the location (URL) of the certificate used to sign data

setCertificateURL

public void setCertificateURL(java.net.URL url)

Sets the location (URL) of the certificate used to sign data. NOTE: this method must be used to initialize the certificate location, this will be appended to the RDF data model.

Parameters:

url -

getKindOfCertificate

public abstract java.lang.String getKindOfCertificate()

Returns:

the kind of certificate used