X509Certificate (JSS: Java Security Services)

All Known Subinterfaces:

InternalCertificate, TokenCertificate

All Known Implementing Classes:

PK11Cert, PK11InternalCert, PK11InternalTokenCert, PK11TokenCert
```
public interface X509Certificate
```
Certificates handled by JSS. All certificates handled by JSS are of this type.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`byte[]`	`getEncoded()`
`java.security.Principal`	`getIssuerDN()`
`java.lang.String`	`getNickname()`
`java.security.PublicKey`	`getPublicKey()`
`java.math.BigInteger`	`getSerialNumber()`
`java.security.Principal`	`getSubjectDN()`
`int`	`getVersion()`

- Method Detail
  - getEncoded
```
byte[] getEncoded()
           throws java.security.cert.CertificateEncodingException
```
    Returns:
    
    The DER encoding of this certificate.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.security.cert.CertificateEncodingException - If an error occurred.
  - getNickname
```
java.lang.String getNickname()
```
    Returns:
    
    The nickname of this certificate (could be null).
  - getPublicKey
```
java.security.PublicKey getPublicKey()
```
    Returns:
    
    The Public Key from this certificate.
  - getSubjectDN
```
java.security.Principal getSubjectDN()
```
    Returns:
    
    The RFC 1485 ASCII encoding of the Subject Name.
  - getIssuerDN
```
java.security.Principal getIssuerDN()
```
    Returns:
    
    The RFC 1485 ASCII encoding of the issuer's Subject Name.
  - getSerialNumber
```
java.math.BigInteger getSerialNumber()
```
    Returns:
    
    The serial number of this certificate.
  - getVersion
```
int getVersion()
```
    Returns:
    
    the version number of this X.509 certificate. 0 means v1, 1 means v2, 2 means v3.