See Also: X509Certificate Members
Abstract base class for X.509 certificates.
This represents a standard way for accessing the attributes of X.509 certificates.
The basic X.509 v3 format described in ASN.1:
java Example
Certificate ::= SEQUENCE {
tbsCertificate TBSCertificate,
signatureAlgorithm AlgorithmIdentifier,
signature BIT STRING }
TBSCertificate ::= SEQUENCE {
version [0] EXPLICIT Version DEFAULT v1,
serialNumber CertificateSerialNumber,
signature AlgorithmIdentifier,
issuer Name,
validity Validity,
subject Name,
subjectPublicKeyInfo SubjectPublicKeyInfo,
issuerUniqueID [1] IMPLICIT UniqueIdentifier OPTIONAL,
-- If present, version must be v2 or v3
subjectUniqueID [2] IMPLICIT UniqueIdentifier OPTIONAL,
-- If present, version must be v2 or v3
extensions [3] EXPLICIT Extensions OPTIONAL
-- If present, version must be v3
}
For more information consult RFC 2459 "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and CRL Profile" at .