opencard.opt.security
Interface PublicKeyRef

All Superinterfaces:
java.security.Key, KeyRef, java.security.PublicKey, java.io.Serializable
All Known Implementing Classes:
PublicKeyFile

public interface PublicKeyRef
extends KeyRef, java.security.PublicKey

Interface for classes that reference a public key stored on a smart card. Different cards use different ways of identifying a key on the card, for example file names, indexes, numbers, logical names. Wherever a card service interface needs to identify a key on card the interface should use type PublicKeyRef. Concrete card service implementations should then support a subset of the subclasses of PublicKeyRef, for example PublicKeyFile for cards that store their keys in ISO files.

Version:
$Id: PublicKeyRef.java,v 1.2 1999/11/10 13:55:46 damke Exp $
Author:
Peter Bendel (peter_bendel@de.ibm.com), Roland Weber (rolweber@de.ibm.com)
See Also:
PublicKeyFile

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from interface java.security.PublicKey
serialVersionUID
 
Method Summary
 
Methods inherited from interface java.security.Key
getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat