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org.mozilla.jss.pkix.cert
Class SubjectKeyIdentifier

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.mozilla.jss.pkix.cert.Extension
      extended by org.mozilla.jss.pkix.cert.SubjectKeyIdentifier
All Implemented Interfaces:
ASN1Value

public class SubjectKeyIdentifier
extends Extension

Represent the Subject Key Identifier Extension. This extension, if present, provides a means of identifying the particular public key used in an application. This extension by default is marked non-critical.

Extensions are addiitonal attributes which can be inserted in a X509 v3 certificate. For example a "Driving License Certificate" could have the driving license number as a extension.

Extensions are represented as a sequence of the extension identifier (Object Identifier), a boolean flag stating whether the extension is to be treated as being critical and the extension value itself (this is again a DER encoding of the extension value).

See Also:
Extension

Nested Class Summary
static class SubjectKeyIdentifier.Template
           
 
Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class org.mozilla.jss.pkix.cert.Extension
TAG
 
Constructor Summary
SubjectKeyIdentifier(boolean critical, OCTET_STRING keyIdentifier)
           
SubjectKeyIdentifier(OCTET_STRING keyIdentifier)
          Constructs an SubjectKeyIdentifier from its components.
 
Method Summary
 
Methods inherited from class org.mozilla.jss.pkix.cert.Extension
encode, encode, getCritical, getExtnId, getExtnValue, getTag, getTemplate
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

SubjectKeyIdentifier

public SubjectKeyIdentifier(OCTET_STRING keyIdentifier)
Constructs an SubjectKeyIdentifier from its components.

Parameters:
keyIdentifier - must not be null.

SubjectKeyIdentifier

public SubjectKeyIdentifier(boolean critical,
                            OCTET_STRING keyIdentifier)