org.cryptacular.x509.dn

Class NameReader

java.lang.Object

org.cryptacular.x509.dn.NameReader

public class NameReader
extends Object

Reads X.509 subject and issuer DNs as a raw sequence of attributes to facilitate precise handling of name parsing.

Author:

Middleware Services

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NameReader(X509Certificate cert) Creates a new instance to support reading subject and issuer information on the given certificate.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
RDNSequence	readIssuer() Reads the issuer field from the certificate.
RDNSequence	readSubject() Reads the subject field from the certificate.
static RDNSequence	readX500Principal(X500Principal principal) Converts the given X.500 principal to a list of relative distinguished names that contains the attributes comprising the DN.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

NameReader

public NameReader(X509Certificate cert)

Creates a new instance to support reading subject and issuer information on the given certificate.

Parameters:

cert - Certificate to read.

Method Detail

readSubject

public RDNSequence readSubject()

Reads the subject field from the certificate.

Returns:

Subject DN as an RDN sequence.

readIssuer

public RDNSequence readIssuer()

Reads the issuer field from the certificate.

Returns:

Issuer DN as an RDN sequence.

readX500Principal

public static RDNSequence readX500Principal(X500Principal principal)

Converts the given X.500 principal to a list of relative distinguished names that contains the attributes comprising the DN.

Parameters:

principal - Principal to convert.

Returns:

X500 principal as an RDN sequence.