org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509

Class CertificatePair

java.lang.Object

org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object

org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.CertificatePair

All Implemented Interfaces:

ASN1Encodable, Encodable

public class CertificatePair
extends ASN1Object

This class helps to support crossCerfificatePairs in a LDAP directory according RFC 2587

     crossCertificatePairATTRIBUTE::={
       WITH SYNTAX   CertificatePair
       EQUALITY MATCHING RULE certificatePairExactMatch
       ID joint-iso-ccitt(2) ds(5) attributeType(4) crossCertificatePair(40)}
 

The forward elements of the crossCertificatePair attribute of a CA's directory entry shall be used to store all, except self-issued certificates issued to this CA. Optionally, the reverse elements of the crossCertificatePair attribute, of a CA's directory entry may contain a subset of certificates issued by this CA to other CAs. When both the forward and the reverse elements are present in a single attribute value, issuer name in one certificate shall match the subject name in the other and vice versa, and the subject public key in one certificate shall be capable of verifying the digital signature on the other certificate and vice versa. When a reverse element is present, the forward element value and the reverse element value need not be stored in the same attribute value; in other words, they can be stored in either a single attribute value or two attribute values.

       CertificatePair ::= SEQUENCE {
         forward        [0]    Certificate OPTIONAL,
         reverse        [1]    Certificate OPTIONAL,
         -- at least one of the pair shall be present -- } 
 

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CertificatePair(Certificate forward, Certificate reverse) Constructor from a given details.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Certificate	getForward()
static CertificatePair	getInstance(java.lang.Object obj)
Certificate	getReverse()
ASN1Primitive	toASN1Primitive() Produce an object suitable for an ASN1OutputStream.

Methods inherited from class org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object

equals, getEncoded, getEncoded, hasEncodedTagValue, hashCode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CertificatePair

public CertificatePair(Certificate forward,
                       Certificate reverse)

Constructor from a given details.

Parameters:

forward - Certificates issued to this CA.

reverse - Certificates issued by this CA to other CAs.

Method Detail

getInstance

public static CertificatePair getInstance(java.lang.Object obj)

toASN1Primitive

public ASN1Primitive toASN1Primitive()

Produce an object suitable for an ASN1OutputStream.

Returns:

       CertificatePair ::= SEQUENCE {
         forward        [0]    Certificate OPTIONAL,
         reverse        [1]    Certificate OPTIONAL,
         -- at least one of the pair shall be present -- }
 

Specified by:

toASN1Primitive in interface ASN1Encodable

Specified by:

toASN1Primitive in class ASN1Object

Returns:

a ASN1Primitive

getForward

public Certificate getForward()

Returns:

Returns the forward.

getReverse

public Certificate getReverse()

Returns:

Returns the reverse.