sdsi
Class Def

java.lang.Object
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  +--sdsi.SDSIObject
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        +--sdsi.Cert
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              +--sdsi.Def

All Implemented Interfaces:

SequenceItem, java.io.Serializable

public class Def

extends Cert

Author:

Alexander Morcos, Sameer Ajmani

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

(package private) Name

issuerName

Fields inherited from class sdsi.Cert

certDisplayDefined, commentDefined, delegate, issuer, s, t, valid, versionDefined

Fields inherited from class sdsi.SDSIObject

_hash, _modified, srep

Constructor Summary

Def(SDSIPrincipal issuer, java.lang.String name, Subject s, Validity v)
Creates a new Def from an issuer name, a subject, and a Validity

Def(SexpList l, Name issuerName)
Creates a new Def from a SexpList.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getAbbreviation() Returns a single or double letter abbreviation this SDSIObject.
Name	getName()
java.lang.String	getNameString()
java.lang.String	getType() Returns a short string that represents the type of this SDSIObject.
Cert	reduce(Cert cert)
boolean	reduces(Cert cert)
boolean	sameAs(java.lang.Object object)
java.lang.String	toShortString() Returns a short descriptive string representing this SDSIObject.

Methods inherited from class sdsi.Cert

create, getIssuer, getSubject, getValidity, isReducing, parseItem, reducedTag, reducedValidity, valid

Methods inherited from class sdsi.SDSIObject

equals, getHash, getHash, getSrep, hashCode, principalParse, readFrom, readFrom, sign, toReadableString, toString, writeCanonical, writeReadable

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface sdsi.SequenceItem

getSrep

Field Detail

issuerName

Name issuerName

Constructor Detail

Def

public Def(SDSIPrincipal issuer,
           java.lang.String name,
           Subject s,
           Validity v)
    throws SDSIException

Creates a new Def from an issuer name, a subject, and a Validity

Def

public Def(SexpList l,
           Name issuerName)
    throws SexpParseException

Creates a new Def from a SexpList. The Name which is the issuer is also given, because in practice, this constructor is called from within Cert.create which has already parsed the issuer out of the S-expression

Throws:

SexpParseException - if the SexpList does not correctly represent a SDSI name defintion certificate

Method Detail

sameAs

public boolean sameAs(java.lang.Object object)

Overrides:

sameAs in class Cert

getType

public java.lang.String getType()

Description copied from class: SDSIObject

Returns a short string that represents the type of this SDSIObject.

Overrides:

getType in class SDSIObject

Returns:

a string represent the type of SDSIObject we're dealing with.

toShortString

public java.lang.String toShortString()

Description copied from class: SDSIObject

Returns a short descriptive string representing this SDSIObject.

Specified by:

toShortString in class SDSIObject

Returns:

a short string description of this SDSIObject.

getAbbreviation

public java.lang.String getAbbreviation()

Description copied from class: SDSIObject

Returns a single or double letter abbreviation this SDSIObject.

Specified by:

getAbbreviation in class SDSIObject

Returns:

an abbreviated description of this SDSIObject.

getName

public Name getName()

getNameString

public java.lang.String getNameString()

reduces

public boolean reduces(Cert cert)

Specified by:

reduces in class Cert

reduce

public Cert reduce(Cert cert)

Specified by:

reduce in class Cert