java.security.cert

Class Certificate.CertificateRep

protected static class Certificate.CertificateRep extends Object implements Serializable

Certificate.CertificateRep is an inner class used to provide an alternate storage mechanism for serialized Certificates.

Constructor Summary
protected	CertificateRep(String type, byte[] data) Create an alternative representation of this certificate.

Method Summary
protected Object	readResolve() Deserialize this certificate replacement into the appropriate certificate object.

Constructor Detail

CertificateRep

protected CertificateRep(String type, byte[] data)

Create an alternative representation of this certificate. The (type, data) pair is typically the certificate's type as returned by {@link Certificate#getType()} (i.e. the canonical name of the certificate type) and the encoded form as returned by {@link Certificate#getEncoded()}.

For example, X.509 certificates would create an instance of this class with the parameters "X.509" and the ASN.1 representation of the certificate, encoded as DER bytes.

Parameters: type The certificate type. data The encoded certificate data.

Method Detail

readResolve

protected Object readResolve()

Deserialize this certificate replacement into the appropriate certificate object. That is, this method attempts to create a {@link CertificateFactory} for this certificate's type, then attempts to parse the encoded data with that factory, returning the resulting certificate.

Returns: The deserialized certificate.

Throws: ObjectStreamException If there is no appropriate certificate factory for the given type, or if the encoded form cannot be parsed.