Class Identities

java.lang.Object

org.hyperledger.fabric.client.identity.Identities

public final class Identities
extends Object

Utility methods for creating and manipulating identity information.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static PrivateKey	readPrivateKey(Reader pemReader)	Read a PEM format private key.
static PrivateKey	readPrivateKey(String pem)	Read a PEM format private key.
static X509Certificate	readX509Certificate(Reader pemReader)	Read a PEM format X.509 certificate.
static X509Certificate	readX509Certificate(String pem)	Read a PEM format X.509 certificate.
static String	toPemString(Certificate certificate)	Converts the argument to a PEM format string.
static String	toPemString(PrivateKey privateKey)	Converts the argument to a PKCS #8 PEM format string.

Methods inherited from class Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

readX509Certificate

public static X509Certificate readX509Certificate(String pem)
                                           throws CertificateException

Read a PEM format X.509 certificate.

Parameters:

pem - PEM data.

Returns:

An X.509 certificate.

Throws:

CertificateException - if the data is not valid X.509 certificate PEM.

readX509Certificate

public static X509Certificate readX509Certificate(Reader pemReader)
                                           throws IOException,
CertificateException

Read a PEM format X.509 certificate.

Parameters:

pemReader - Reader of PEM data.

Returns:

An X.509 certificate.

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs reading data.

CertificateException - if the data is not valid X.509 certificate PEM.

readPrivateKey

public static PrivateKey readPrivateKey(String pem)
                                 throws InvalidKeyException

Read a PEM format private key.

Parameters:

pem - PEM data.

Returns:

An X.509 certificate.

Throws:

InvalidKeyException - if the data is not valid private key PEM.

readPrivateKey

public static PrivateKey readPrivateKey(Reader pemReader)
                                 throws IOException,
InvalidKeyException

Read a PEM format private key.

Parameters:

pemReader - Reader of PEM data.

Returns:

A private key.

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs reading data.

InvalidKeyException - if the data is not valid private key PEM.

toPemString

public static String toPemString(Certificate certificate)

Converts the argument to a PEM format string.

Parameters:

certificate - A certificate.

Returns:

A PEM format string.

toPemString

public static String toPemString(PrivateKey privateKey)

Converts the argument to a PKCS #8 PEM format string.

Parameters:

privateKey - A private key.

Returns:

A PEM format string.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the argument can not be represented in PKCS #8 PEM format.