- All Superinterfaces:
XMLStructure
public interface KeyName extends XMLStructure
A representation of the XML
KeyName
element as
defined in the
W3C Recommendation for XML-Signature Syntax and Processing.
A KeyName
object contains a string value which may be used
by the signer to communicate a key identifier to the recipient. The
XML Schema Definition is defined as:
<element name="KeyName" type="string"/>A
KeyName
instance may be created by invoking the
newKeyName
method of the
KeyInfoFactory
class, and passing it a String
representing the name of the key; for example:
KeyInfoFactory factory = KeyInfoFactory.getInstance("DOM"); KeyName keyName = factory.newKeyName("Alice");
- Since:
- 1.6
- See Also:
KeyInfoFactory.newKeyName(String)
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Method Summary
Methods declared in interface javax.xml.crypto.XMLStructure
isFeatureSupported
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Method Details
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getName
String getName()Returns the name of thisKeyName
.- Returns:
- the name of this
KeyName
(nevernull
)
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