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package java.security;

import java.io.*;

import java.util.Date;

/**

 * <p>This is an interface of abstract methods for managing a

 * variety of identity certificates.

 * An identity certificate is a guarantee by a principal that

 * a public key is that of another principal.  (A principal represents

 * an entity such as an individual user, a group, or a corporation.)

 *

 * <p>In particular, this interface is intended to be a common

 * abstraction for constructs that have different formats but

 * important common uses.  For example, different types of

 * certificates, such as X.509 certificates and PGP certificates,

 * share general certificate functionality (the need to encode and

 * decode certificates) and some types of information, such as a

 * public key, the principal whose key it is, and the guarantor

 * guaranteeing that the public key is that of the specified

 * principal. So an implementation of X.509 certificates and an

 * implementation of PGP certificates can both utilize the Certificate

 * interface, even though their formats and additional types and

 * amounts of information stored are different.

 *

 * <p><b>Important</b>: This interface is useful for cataloging and

 * grouping objects sharing certain common uses. It does not have any

 * semantics of its own. In particular, a Certificate object does not

 * make any statement as to the <i>validity</i> of the binding. It is

 * the duty of the application implementing this interface to verify

 * the certificate and satisfy itself of its validity.

 *

 * @author Benjamin Renaud

 * @deprecated A new certificate handling package is created in the Java platform.

 *             This Certificate interface is entirely deprecated and

 *             is here to allow for a smooth transition to the new

 *             package.

 * @see java.security.cert.Certificate

 */

@Deprecated

public interface Certificate {

    /**

     * Returns the guarantor of the certificate, that is, the principal

     * guaranteeing that the public key associated with this certificate

     * is that of the principal associated with this certificate. For X.509

     * certificates, the guarantor will typically be a Certificate Authority

     * (such as the United States Postal Service or Verisign, Inc.).

     *

     * @return the guarantor which guaranteed the principal-key

     * binding.

     */

    public abstract Principal getGuarantor();

    /**

     * Returns the principal of the principal-key pair being guaranteed by

     * the guarantor.

     *

     * @return the principal to which this certificate is bound.

     */

    public abstract Principal getPrincipal();

    /**

     * Returns the key of the principal-key pair being guaranteed by

     * the guarantor.

     *

     * @return the public key that this certificate certifies belongs

     * to a particular principal.

     */

    public abstract PublicKey getPublicKey();

    /**

     * Encodes the certificate to an output stream in a format that can

     * be decoded by the {@code decode} method.

     *

     * @param stream the output stream to which to encode the

     * certificate.

     *

     * @exception KeyException if the certificate is not

     * properly initialized, or data is missing, etc.

     *

     * @exception IOException if a stream exception occurs while

     * trying to output the encoded certificate to the output stream.

     *

     * @see #decode

     * @see #getFormat

     */

    public abstract void encode(OutputStream stream)

        throws KeyException, IOException;

    /**

     * Decodes a certificate from an input stream. The format should be

     * that returned by {@code getFormat} and produced by

     * {@code encode}.

     *

     * @param stream the input stream from which to fetch the data

     * being decoded.

     *

     * @exception KeyException if the certificate is not properly initialized,

     * or data is missing, etc.

     *

     * @exception IOException if an exception occurs while trying to input

     * the encoded certificate from the input stream.

     *

     * @see #encode

     * @see #getFormat

     */

    public abstract void decode(InputStream stream)

        throws KeyException, IOException;

    /**

     * Returns the name of the coding format. This is used as a hint to find

     * an appropriate parser. It could be "X.509", "PGP", etc. This is

     * the format produced and understood by the {@code encode}

     * and {@code decode} methods.

     *

     * @return the name of the coding format.

     */

    public abstract String getFormat();

    /**

     * Returns a string that represents the contents of the certificate.

     *

     * @param detailed whether or not to give detailed information

     * about the certificate

     *

     * @return a string representing the contents of the certificate

     */

    public String toString(boolean detailed);

}