Package javax.security.cert

This package is provided only for compatibility reasons. It contains a simplified version of the java.security.cert package that was previously used by JSSE (Java SSL package). All applications that do not have to be compatible with older versions of JSSE (that is before Java SDK 1.5) should only use java.security.cert.

Class Summary

Class	Description
Certificate	Abstract class to represent identity certificates.
X509Certificate	Abstract base class for X.509 certificates.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
CertificateEncodingException	The exception that is thrown when an error occurs while a Certificate is being encoded.
CertificateException	The base class for all Certificate related exceptions.
CertificateExpiredException	The exception that is thrown when a Certificate has expired.
CertificateNotYetValidException	The exception that is thrown when a Certificate is not yet valid.
CertificateParsingException	The exception that is thrown when a Certificate can not be parsed.