This package is provided only for compatibility reasons. It contains a simplified version of the java.security.cert package that was previously used by JSSE (Java SSL package). All applications that do not have to be compatible with older versions of JSSE (that is before Java SDK 1.5) should only use java.security.cert.
| Certificate | Abstract class to represent identity certificates. |
| X509Certificate | Abstract base class for X.509 certificates. |
| CertificateEncodingException | The exception that is thrown when an error occurs while a Certificate
is being encoded. |
| CertificateException | The base class for all Certificate related exceptions. |
| CertificateExpiredException | The exception that is thrown when a Certificate has expired. |
| CertificateNotYetValidException | The exception that is thrown when a Certificate is not yet valid. |
| CertificateParsingException | The exception that is thrown when a Certificate can not be parsed. |