sun.security.x509

Class OIDMap

java.lang.Object

sun.security.x509.OIDMap

public class OIDMap
extends java.lang.Object

This class defines the mapping from OID & name to classes and vice versa. Used by CertificateExtensions & PKCS10 to get the java classes associated with a particular OID/name.

Author:

Amit Kapoor, Hemma Prafullchandra, Andreas Sterbenz

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	addAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String oid, java.lang.Class clazz) Add a name to lookup table.
static java.lang.Class	getClass(ObjectIdentifier oid) Return the java class object associated with the object identifier.
static java.lang.Class	getClass(java.lang.String name) Return the java class object associated with the user friendly name.
static java.lang.String	getName(ObjectIdentifier oid) Return user friendly name associated with the OID.
static ObjectIdentifier	getOID(java.lang.String name) Return Object identifier for user friendly name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

addAttribute

public static void addAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                java.lang.String oid,
                java.lang.Class clazz)
                         throws java.security.cert.CertificateException

Add a name to lookup table.

Parameters:

name - the name of the attr

oid - the string representation of the object identifier for the class.

clazz - the Class object associated with this attribute

Throws:

java.security.cert.CertificateException - on errors.

getName

public static java.lang.String getName(ObjectIdentifier oid)

Return user friendly name associated with the OID.

Parameters:

oid - the name of the object identifier to be returned.

Returns:

the user friendly name or null if no name is registered for this oid.

getOID

public static ObjectIdentifier getOID(java.lang.String name)

Return Object identifier for user friendly name.

Parameters:

name - the user friendly name.

Returns:

the Object Identifier or null if no oid is registered for this name.

getClass

public static java.lang.Class getClass(java.lang.String name)
                                throws java.security.cert.CertificateException

Return the java class object associated with the user friendly name.

Parameters:

name - the user friendly name.

Throws:

java.security.cert.CertificateException - if class cannot be instantiated.

getClass

public static java.lang.Class getClass(ObjectIdentifier oid)
                                throws java.security.cert.CertificateException

Return the java class object associated with the object identifier.

Parameters:

oid - the name of the object identifier to be returned.

Throws:

java.security.cert.CertificateException - if class cannot be instatiated.