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Class distinct.rpc.PublicKeyDBYP

java.lang.Object
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           +----distinct.rpc.PublicKeyDBYP

public class PublicKeyDBYP

extends PublicKeyDB

PublicKeyDBYP(String)

Creates an object that is connected to a NIS publickey database.

PublicKeyDBYP(String, String)

Creates an object that is connected to a NIS publickey database.

getFirstName()

Method for enumerating the stored name.

getNextName()

Method for enumerating the stored name.

getPublicKey(String)

Returns the public key of an authority.

getSecretKey(String)

Returns the encrypted private key of an authority.

 public PublicKeyDBYP(String domainname) throws RPCError

Creates an object that is connected to a NIS publickey database. It assumes that a ypbind server is running on the executing machine.

Parameters:

domainname - The name of the domain.

Throws: RPCError

Thrown if something fails while connecting to the NIS.

 public PublicKeyDBYP(String domainname,
                      String servername) throws RPCError

Creates an object that is connected to a NIS publickey database. Use this constructor if you do not run on a machine that has a local ypbind process running (usually a non-Unix) machine.

Parameters:

domainname - The name of the domain.

servername - The name of a machine that runs a ypbind server (Probably the server you want to connect to).

Throws: RPCError

Thrown if something fails while connecting to the NIS.

 public String getPublicKey(String name) throws RPCError

Returns the public key of an authority.

Parameters:

name - The name of the authority.

Returns:

The stored public key of the requested authority in hex notation.

Throws: RPCError

Thrown if the key is not found in the database.

Overrides:

getPublicKey in class PublicKeyDB

 public String getSecretKey(String name) throws RPCError

Returns the encrypted private key of an authority.

Parameters:

name - The name of the authority.

Returns:

The stored encrypted private key of the requested authority in hex notation.

Throws: RPCError

Thrown if the key is not found in the database.

Overrides:

getSecretKey in class PublicKeyDB

 public String getFirstName()

Method for enumerating the stored name. Returns the first stored name. Use getNextName to retrieve the subsequent entries.

Returns:

The first stored name. Null if no names are stored.

Overrides:

getFirstName in class PublicKeyDB

 public String getNextName()

Method for enumerating the stored name. Returns the next stored name. Use getFirstName to initialize an enumeration.

Returns:

The next stored name. Null if no further names are stored.

Overrides:

getNextName in class PublicKeyDB

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