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The management of a signer's private keys is an important and
* sensitive issue that should be handled by subclasses as appropriate
* to their intended use.
*
* @see Identity
*
* @author Benjamin Renaud
*
* @deprecated This class is no longer used. Its functionality has been
* replaced by java.security.KeyStore
, the
* java.security.cert
package, and
* java.security.Principal
.
*/
@Deprecated
public abstract class Signer extends Identity {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -1763464102261361480L;
/**
* The signer's private key.
*
* @serial
*/
private PrivateKey privateKey;
/**
* Creates a signer. This constructor should only be used for
* serialization.
*/
protected Signer() {
super();
}
/**
* Creates a signer with the specified identity name.
*
* @param name the identity name.
*/
public Signer(String name) {
super(name);
}
/**
* Creates a signer with the specified identity name and scope.
*
* @param name the identity name.
*
* @param scope the scope of the identity.
*
* @exception KeyManagementException if there is already an identity
* with the same name in the scope.
*/
public Signer(String name, IdentityScope scope)
throws KeyManagementException {
super(name, scope);
}
/**
* Returns this signer's private key.
*
*
First, if there is a security manager, its checkSecurityAccess
* method is called with "getSignerPrivateKey"
* as its argument to see if it's ok to return the private key.
*
* @return this signer's private key, or null if the private key has
* not yet been set.
*
* @exception SecurityException if a security manager exists and its
* checkSecurityAccess
method doesn't allow
* returning the private key.
*
* @see SecurityManager#checkSecurityAccess
*/
public PrivateKey getPrivateKey() {
check("getSignerPrivateKey");
return privateKey;
}
/**
* Sets the key pair (public key and private key) for this signer.
*
*
First, if there is a security manager, its checkSecurityAccess
* method is called with "setSignerKeyPair"
* as its argument to see if it's ok to set the key pair.
*
* @param pair an initialized key pair.
*
* @exception InvalidParameterException if the key pair is not
* properly initialized.
* @exception KeyException if the key pair cannot be set for any
* other reason.
* @exception SecurityException if a security manager exists and its
* checkSecurityAccess
method doesn't allow
* setting the key pair.
*
* @see SecurityManager#checkSecurityAccess
*/
public final void setKeyPair(KeyPair pair)
throws InvalidParameterException, KeyException {
check("setSignerKeyPair");
final PublicKey pub = pair.getPublic();
PrivateKey priv = pair.getPrivate();
if (pub == null || priv == null) {
throw new InvalidParameterException();
}
try {
AccessController.doPrivileged(
new PrivilegedExceptionAction