Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition

Name

Identity

Synopsis

This deprecated class was used in Java 1.1 to represent an entity or Principal with an associated PublicKey object. In Java 1.1, the public key for a named entity could be retrieved from the system keystore with a line like the following:

IdentityScope.getSystemScope( ).getIdentity(name).getPublicKey( )

As of Java 1.2, the Identity class and the related IdentityScope and Signer classes have been deprecated in favor of KeyStore and java.security.cert.Certificate.

Figure 14-12. java.security.Identity

public abstract class Identity implements Principal, Serializable {
// Public Constructors
     public Identity(String name);  
     public Identity(String name, IdentityScope scope) 
        throws KeyManagementException;  
// Protected Constructors
     protected Identity( );  
// Public Instance Methods
     public void addCertificate(java.security.Certificate certificate) 
        throws KeyManagementException;  
     public java.security.Certificate[ ] certificates( );  
     public String getInfo( );  
     public PublicKey getPublicKey( );  
     public final IdentityScope getScope( );  
     public void removeCertificate(java.security.Certificate certificate) 
        throws KeyManagementException;  
     public void setInfo(String info);  
     public void setPublicKey(PublicKey key) throws KeyManagementException;  
     public String toString(boolean detailed);  
// Methods Implementing Principal
     public final boolean equals(Object identity);  
     public final String getName ...