QCA::CertificateAuthority Class Reference

#include <QtCrypto>

Inheritance diagram for QCA::CertificateAuthority:

Public Member Functions
	CertificateAuthority (const Certificate &cert, const PrivateKey &key, const QString &provider)
	CertificateAuthority (const CertificateAuthority &from)
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
Public Member Functions inherited from QCA::Algorithm
	Algorithm (const Algorithm &from)
void	change (const QString &type, const QString &provider)
void	change (Provider::Context *c)
Provider::Context *	context ()
const Provider::Context *	context () const
Algorithm &	operator= (const Algorithm &from)
Provider *	provider () const
Provider::Context *	takeContext ()
QString	type () const

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Member Functions inherited from QCA::Algorithm
	Algorithm ()
	Algorithm (const QString &type, const QString &provider)

Detailed Description

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

Definition at line 2077 of file qca_cert.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

CertificateAuthority() [1/2]

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

CertificateAuthority() [2/2]

QCA::CertificateAuthority::CertificateAuthority

(

const CertificateAuthority &

from

)

Copy constructor.

Parameters

from	the CertificateAuthority to copy from

Member Function Documentation

certificate()

Certificate QCA::CertificateAuthority::certificate

(

)

const

The Certificate belonging to the CertificateAuthority.

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

createCertificate()

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

createCRL()

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

operator=()

CertificateAuthority & QCA::CertificateAuthority::operator=

(

const CertificateAuthority &

from

)

Standard assignment operator.

Parameters

from	the CertificateAuthority to copy from

signRequest()

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

updateCRL()

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

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

• qca_cert.h