iaik.pkcs.pkcs10
Interface CertRequest

All Known Implementing Classes:

CertificateRequest, NetscapeCertRequest

public interface CertRequest

This interface is useful when working with PKCS#10- and Netscape- certificate requests since both classes implement this interface.

See Also:

CertificateRequest, NetscapeCertRequest

Method Summary

PublicKey	getPublicKey() Returns the public key included within this certificate request.
boolean	verify() Verifies this self signed certificate request.

Method Detail

verify

public boolean verify()
               throws SignatureException

Verifies this self signed certificate request.

Returns:

true if the cert request is OK, false if not

Throws:

SignatureException - if the cert request could not be verified

getPublicKey

public PublicKey getPublicKey()
                       throws InvalidKeyException

Returns the public key included within this certificate request.

Returns:

the public key of the the certificate request