AuthorityInfoAccessExtension

Class Overview

The Authority Information Access Extension (OID = 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.1.1).

The AIA extension identifies how to access CA information and services for the certificate in which it appears. It enables CAs to issue their certificates pre-configured with the URLs appropriate for contacting services relevant to those certificates. For example, a CA may issue a certificate that identifies the specific OCSP Responder to use when performing on-line validation of that certificate.

This extension is defined in Internet X.509 PKI Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile. The profile permits the extension to be included in end-entity or CA certificates, and it must be marked as non-critical. Its ASN.1 definition is as follows:

   id-pe-authorityInfoAccess OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pe 1 }

   AuthorityInfoAccessSyntax  ::=
         SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF AccessDescription

   AccessDescription  ::=  SEQUENCE {
         accessMethod          OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
         accessLocation        GeneralName  }
 

Summary

[Expand] Inherited Fields
From class sun.security.x509.Extension protected boolean critical protected ObjectIdentifier extensionId protected byte[] extensionValue

[Expand] Inherited Methods
From class sun.security.x509.Extension void encode(DerOutputStream out) Write the extension to the DerOutputStream. boolean equals(Object other) Compares this Extension for equality with the specified object. ObjectIdentifier getExtensionId() Returns the ObjectIdentifier of the extension. byte[] getExtensionValue() Returns the extension value as an byte array for further processing. int hashCode() Returns a hashcode value for this Extension. boolean isCritical() Returns true if extension is critical. String toString() Returns the Extension in user readable form.
From class java.lang.Object Object clone() Creates and returns a copy of this object. boolean equals(Object obj) Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. void finalize() Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object. final Class<?> getClass() Returns the runtime class of this Object. int hashCode() Returns a hash code value for the object. final void notify() Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor. final void notifyAll() Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor. String toString() Returns a string representation of the object. final void wait() Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the notify() method or the notifyAll() method for this object. final void wait(long timeout, int nanos) Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the notify() method or the notifyAll() method for this object, or some other thread interrupts the current thread, or a certain amount of real time has elapsed. final void wait(long timeout) Causes the current thread to wait until either another thread invokes the notify() method or the notifyAll() method for this object, or a specified amount of time has elapsed.
From interface sun.security.x509.CertAttrSet abstract void delete(String name) Deletes an attribute value from this CertAttrSet. abstract void encode(OutputStream out) Encodes the attribute to the output stream in a format that can be parsed by the decode method. abstract Object get(String name) Gets an attribute value for this CertAttrSet. abstract Enumeration<T> getElements() Returns an enumeration of the names of the attributes existing within this attribute. abstract String getName() Returns the name (identifier) of this CertAttrSet. abstract void set(String name, Object obj) Sets an attribute value within this CertAttrSet. abstract String toString() Returns a short string describing this certificate attribute.