Package javax.security.cert

Provides classes for public key certificates.

Class Summary
Class Description

Certificate
Abstract class for managing a variety of identity certificates.

X509Certificate
Abstract class for X.509 v1 certificates.

Class Summary
Class	Description
Certificate	Abstract class for managing a variety of identity certificates.
X509Certificate	Abstract class for X.509 v1 certificates.

Exception Summary
Exception	Description
CertificateEncodingException	Certificate Encoding Exception.
CertificateException	This exception indicates one of a variety of certificate problems.
CertificateExpiredException	Certificate Expired Exception.
CertificateNotYetValidException	Certificate is not yet valid exception.
CertificateParsingException	Certificate Parsing Exception.

Package javax.security.cert Description

Provides classes for public key certificates. These classes include a simplified version of the java.security.cert package. These classes were developed as part of the Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE). When JSSE was added to the J2SE version 1.4, this package was added for backward-compatibility reasons only. New applications should not use this package, but rather java.security.cert.

Since:: 1.4

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