org.openmdx.kernel.security.pki
Interface CertificateProvider

All Superinterfaces:

Connection

All Known Subinterfaces:

KeyProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

CertificateConnection, DeployedCertificateProvider, DeployedKeyProvider, KeyConnection

public interface CertificateProvider
extends Connection

Certificate Provider

Method Summary

String	getAlias() Retrieve the Certificate's alias
Certificate	getCertificate() Retrieve this provider's Certificate

Methods inherited from interface org.openmdx.kernel.security.resource.Connection

close

Method Detail

getAlias

String getAlias()
                throws GeneralSecurityException

Retrieve the Certificate's alias

Returns:

the Certificate's alias.

Throws:

GeneralSecurityException

getCertificate

Certificate getCertificate()
                           throws GeneralSecurityException

Retrieve this provider's Certificate

Returns:

this provider's Certificate

Throws:

GeneralSecurityException