QCA::CertificateAuthority Class Reference
[QCA user API]

A Certificate Authority is used to generate Certificates and Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs). More...

#include <QtCrypto>

Inheritance diagram for QCA::CertificateAuthority:

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Public Member Functions
	CertificateAuthority (const CertificateAuthority &from)
	CertificateAuthority (const Certificate &cert, const PrivateKey &key, const QString &provider)
	~CertificateAuthority ()
Certificate	certificate () const
Certificate	createCertificate (const PublicKey &key, const CertificateOptions &opts) const
CRL	createCRL (const QDateTime &nextUpdate) const
CertificateAuthority &	operator= (const CertificateAuthority &from)
Certificate	signRequest (const CertificateRequest &req, const QDateTime &notValidAfter) const
CRL	updateCRL (const CRL &crl, const QList< CRLEntry > &entries, const QDateTime &nextUpdate) const

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Detailed Description

A Certificate Authority is used to generate Certificates and Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs).

Definition at line 2038 of file qca_cert.h.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

QCA::CertificateAuthority::CertificateAuthority	(	const Certificate &	cert,
		const PrivateKey &	key,
		const QString &	provider
	)

Create a new Certificate Authority.

Parameters:

	cert	the CA certificate
	key	the private key associated with the CA certificate
	provider	the provider to use, if a specific provider is required

Definition at line 2511 of file qca_cert.cpp.

QCA::CertificateAuthority::CertificateAuthority

(

const CertificateAuthority &

from

)

Copy constructor.

Parameters:

from

the CertificateAuthority to copy from

Definition at line 2517 of file qca_cert.cpp.

QCA::CertificateAuthority::~CertificateAuthority

(

)

Definition at line 2522 of file qca_cert.cpp.

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Member Function Documentation

Certificate QCA::CertificateAuthority::certificate

(

)

const

The Certificate belonging to the CertificateAuthority.

This is the Certificate that was passed as an argument to the constructor

Definition at line 2532 of file qca_cert.cpp.

Certificate QCA::CertificateAuthority::createCertificate	(	const PublicKey &	key,
		const CertificateOptions &	opts
	)			const

Create a new Certificate.

Parameters:

	key	the Public Key to use to create the Certificate
	opts	the options to use for the new Certificate

CRL QCA::CertificateAuthority::createCRL

(

const QDateTime &

nextUpdate

)

const

Create a new Certificate Revocation List (CRL).

Parameters:

nextUpdate

the date that the CRL will be updated

Returns:

an empty CRL

Definition at line 2548 of file qca_cert.cpp.

CertificateAuthority & QCA::CertificateAuthority::operator=

(

const CertificateAuthority &

from

)

Standard assignment operator.

Parameters:

from

the CertificateAuthority to copy from

Reimplemented from QCA::Algorithm.

Definition at line 2526 of file qca_cert.cpp.

Certificate QCA::CertificateAuthority::signRequest	(	const CertificateRequest &	req,
		const QDateTime &	notValidAfter
	)			const

Create a new Certificate by signing the provider CertificateRequest.

Parameters:

	req	the CertificateRequest to sign
	notValidAfter	the last date that the Certificate will be valid

Definition at line 2539 of file qca_cert.cpp.

CRL QCA::CertificateAuthority::updateCRL	(	const CRL &	crl,
		const QList< CRLEntry > &	entries,
		const QDateTime &	nextUpdate
	)			const

Update the CRL to include new entries.

Parameters:

	crl	the CRL to update
	entries	the entries to add to the CRL
	nextUpdate	the date that this CRL will be updated

Returns:

the update CRL

Definition at line 2557 of file qca_cert.cpp.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• qca_cert.h
• qca_cert.cpp