| Certificate.java | Interface | Interface common to certificates.
The features abstracted of Certificates include subject,
issuer, type, version, serial number, signing algorithm, dates of valid use,
and serial number.
Printable Representation for Binary Values
A non-string values in a certificate are represented as strings with each
byte as two hex digits (capital letters for A-F) separated by ":" (Unicode
0x3A).
For example: 0C:56:FA:80
Printable Representation for X.509 Distinguished Names
For a X.509 certificate the value returned is the printable verision of
the distingished name (DN) from the certificate.
An X.509 distinguished name of is set of attributes, each attribute is a
sequence of an object ID and a value. |