org.glite.slcs.pki.bouncycastle
Class X509PrincipalUtil
java.lang.Object
org.glite.slcs.pki.bouncycastle.X509PrincipalUtil
public class X509PrincipalUtil
- extends java.lang.Object
Utility class to handle correctly the creation of X509Principal
. The
BouncyCastle library (version <= 1.39) doesn't handle correctly escaped
literal characters (+, =, ...) in the Principal name.
Bug report in BouncyCastle JIRA: http://www.bouncycastle.org/jira/browse/BJA-119
Usage:
X509PrincipalUtil util = new X509PrincipalUtil();
X509Principal p = util.createX509Principal("CN=Foo\\+Bar,O=SWITCH+O=MAMS,C=CH+C=AU");
- Version:
- $Revision: 1.2 $
- Author:
- Valery Tschopp <tschopp@switch.ch>, Xuan Thang Nguyen <xuan.nguyen@its.monash.edu.au>
Method Summary |
org.bouncycastle.jce.X509Principal |
createX509Principal(java.lang.String name)
Creates a X509Principal with the given name. |
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait |
X509PrincipalUtil
public X509PrincipalUtil()
createX509Principal
public org.bouncycastle.jce.X509Principal createX509Principal(java.lang.String name)
throws java.security.GeneralSecurityException
- Creates a
X509Principal
with the given name.
In the name
the RDNs, like CN=B+CN=A
, will
be sorted alphabetically. Literal characters like +
,
=
must be escaped.
- Parameters:
name
- The X509Principal
name.
- Returns:
- the
X509Principal
.
- Throws:
java.security.GeneralSecurityException
- if an error occurs.