iaik.x509.extensions.netscape
Class NetscapeCertRenewalUrl

java.lang.Object
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public class NetscapeCertRenewalUrl

extends V3Extension

This class implements the NetscapeCertRenewalUrl Extension, supported by Netscape Communicator 4.0 and may be supported by Preliminary Navigator 3.0.

Each Netscape certificate extension is associated with a specific certificateExtension object identifier, derived from:

 netscape OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { 2 16 840 1 113730 }
 netscape-cert-extension OBJECT IDENTIFIER :: = { netscape 1 }
 

The object identifier for the NetscapeCertRenewalUrl extension is defined as:

netscape-cert-renewal-url OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { netscape-cert-extension 7 }

which corresponds to the OID string "2.16.840.1.113730.1.7".

The Netscape Certificate Specification specifies the NetscapeCertRenewalUrl extension as IA5String that represents a relative or absolute URL that points to a certificate renewal form. The renewal form will be accessed with an HTTP GET method using a url that is the concatenation of renewal-url and certificate-serial-number, where the certificate-serial-number is encoded as a string consisting of an even number of ascii hexadecimal digits. If the number of significant digits is odd, the string will have a single leading zero to ensure an even number of digits is generated. For example, if the netscape-base-url is https://www.certs-r-us.com/, the netscape-cert-renwal-url is cgi-bin/check-renew.cgi?, and the certificate serial number is 173420, the resulting URL would be:

https://www.certs-r-us.com/cgi-bin/check-renew.cgi?02a56c

The document returned should be an HTML form that will allow the user to request a renewal of their certificate.

You may specify a particular (relative or absolute) URL directly when creating a NetscapeCertRenewalUrl extension, or you may use the default constructor and supply the URL by using the a setCertRenewalUrl method, e.g.:

 NetscapeCertRenewalUrl netscapeCertRenewalUrl = new NetscapeCertRenewalUrl();
 netscapeCertRenewalUrl.setCertRenewalUrl("cgi-bin/check-renew.cgi?");
 

Version:

File Revision 14

See Also:

V3Extension, X509Extensions, NetscapeBaseUrl

Field Summary

static ObjectID

oid The object ID of the X.509 extension NetscapeCertRenewalUrl.

Fields inherited from class iaik.x509.V3Extension

critical

Constructor Summary

NetscapeCertRenewalUrl()
Default constructor.

NetscapeCertRenewalUrl(String url)
Constructs a NetscapeCertRenewalUrl extension with a specified URL.

Method Summary

String	getCertRenewalUrl() Returns the certRenewal url.
ObjectID	getObjectID() Returns the object ID of this NetscapeCertRenewalUrl extension
int	hashCode() Returns a hashcode for this identity.
void	init(ASN1Object obj) Inits this NetscapeCertRenewalUrl implementation with an ASN1object representing the value of this extension.
void	setCertRenewalUrl(String url) Sets the certRenewal url.
ASN1Object	toASN1Object() Returns an ASN1Object representing the value of this NetscapeCertRenewalUrl extension object.
String	toString() Returns a string that represents the contents of this NetscapeCertRenewalUrl extension.

Methods inherited from class iaik.x509.V3Extension

getName, isCritical, setCritical

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

oid

public static ObjectID oid

The object ID of the X.509 extension NetscapeCertRenewalUrl.

Constructor Detail

NetscapeCertRenewalUrl

public NetscapeCertRenewalUrl()

Default constructor. Creates an empty NetscapeCertRenewalUrl object.

Use the setCertRenewalUrl method for specifying a particular (absolute or relative) URL value, e.g.:

 NetscapeCertRenewalUrl netscapeCertRenewalUrl = new NetscapeCertRenewalUrl();
 netscapeCertRenewalUrl.setCertRenewalUrl("cgi-bin/check-renew.cgi?");
 

NetscapeCertRenewalUrl

public NetscapeCertRenewalUrl(String url)

Constructs a NetscapeCertRenewalUrl extension with a specified URL.

The (absolute or relative) URL is given as a String value, for instance:

NetscapeCertRenewalUrl netscapeCertRenewalUrl = new NetscapeCertRenewalUrl("cgi-bin/check-renew.cgi?");

Parameters:

url - the certRenewal URL, as String

Method Detail

getObjectID

public ObjectID getObjectID()

Returns the object ID of this NetscapeCertRenewalUrl extension

Overrides:

getObjectID in class V3Extension

Returns:

the object ID

init

public void init(ASN1Object obj)

Inits this NetscapeCertRenewalUrl implementation with an ASN1object representing the value of this extension.

The given ASN1Object represents the IA5STRING (absolute or relative) URL value.

The given ASN1Object is the one created by toASN1Object().

This method is used by the X509Extensions class when parsing the ASN.1 representation of a certificate for properly initializing an included NetscapeCertRenewalUrl extension. This method initializes the extension only with its value, but not with its critical specification. For that reason, this method shall not be explicitly called by an application.

Overrides:

init in class V3Extension

Parameters:

obj - the NetscapeCertRenewalUrl as ASN1Object

toASN1Object

public ASN1Object toASN1Object()

Returns an ASN1Object representing the value of this NetscapeCertRenewalUrl extension object.

The returned ASN1Object represents the IA5STRING (absolute or relative) URL value.

Overrides:

toASN1Object in class V3Extension

Returns:

the value of this NetscapeCertRenewalUrl as ASN1Object

setCertRenewalUrl

public void setCertRenewalUrl(String url)

Sets the certRenewal url.

The (absolute or relative) URL value is given as String, e.g.:

 NetscapeCertRenewalUrl netscapeCertRenewalUrl = new NetscapeCertRenewalUrl();
 netscapeCertRenewalUrl.setCertRenewalUrl("cgi-bin/check-renew.cgi?");
 

Parameters:

url - the certRenewal url value, as String

getCertRenewalUrl

public String getCertRenewalUrl()

Returns the certRenewal url.

Returns:

the certRenewal url value as String

See Also:

setCertRenewalUrl(java.lang.String)

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hashcode for this identity.

Overrides:

hashCode in class V3Extension

Returns:

a hash code for this identity

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string that represents the contents of this NetscapeCertRenewalUrl extension.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

the string representation