Package org.bouncycastle.openpgp.api

Class OpenPGPCertificate.OpenPGPSignatureChain.Link

java.lang.Object

org.bouncycastle.openpgp.api.OpenPGPCertificate.OpenPGPSignatureChain.Link

Direct Known Subclasses:

OpenPGPCertificate.OpenPGPSignatureChain.Certification, OpenPGPCertificate.OpenPGPSignatureChain.Revocation

Enclosing class:

OpenPGPCertificate.OpenPGPSignatureChain

public abstract static class OpenPGPCertificate.OpenPGPSignatureChain.Link
extends Object

Link in a OpenPGPCertificate.OpenPGPSignatureChain.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final OpenPGPCertificate.OpenPGPComponentSignature	signature

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Link(OpenPGPCertificate.OpenPGPComponentSignature signature)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static OpenPGPCertificate.OpenPGPSignatureChain.Link	create(OpenPGPCertificate.OpenPGPComponentSignature signature)	Factory method for creating Links from component signatures.
OpenPGPCertificate.OpenPGPComponentSignature	getSignature()	Return the signature of the link.
Date	since()	Return the Date since when the link is effective.
String	toString()
Date	until()	Return the Date until the signature is effective.
boolean	verify(PGPContentVerifierBuilderProvider contentVerifierBuilderProvider, OpenPGPPolicy policy)	Verify the link signature.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

signature

protected final OpenPGPCertificate.OpenPGPComponentSignature signature

Constructor Details

Link

public Link(OpenPGPCertificate.OpenPGPComponentSignature signature)

Method Details

since

public Date since()

Return the Date since when the link is effective. This is the creation time of the signature.

Returns:

signature creation time

until

public Date until()

Return the Date until the signature is effective. This is, depending on which event is earlier in time, either the signature expiration time, or the key expiration time.

Returns:

time until the link is valid

verify

public boolean verify(PGPContentVerifierBuilderProvider contentVerifierBuilderProvider,
 OpenPGPPolicy policy)
               throws PGPSignatureException

Verify the link signature.

Parameters:

contentVerifierBuilderProvider - provider for content verifier builders

policy - algorithm policy

Returns:

true if the signature is valid, false otherwise

Throws:

PGPSignatureException - if an exception occurs during signature verification

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

create

public static OpenPGPCertificate.OpenPGPSignatureChain.Link create(OpenPGPCertificate.OpenPGPComponentSignature signature)

Factory method for creating Links from component signatures. Returns either a OpenPGPCertificate.OpenPGPSignatureChain.Certification in case the signature is a binding, or a OpenPGPCertificate.OpenPGPSignatureChain.Revocation in case the signature is a revocation signature.

Parameters:

signature - component signature

Returns:

link

getSignature

public OpenPGPCertificate.OpenPGPComponentSignature getSignature()

Return the signature of the link.

Returns:

signature