Package org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509

## Class Certificate

- java.lang.Object
- - org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object
  - - org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.Certificate

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    `ASN1Encodable`, `Encodable`

      public class Certificate
      extends ASN1Object

  an X509Certificate structure.

        Certificate ::= SEQUENCE {
            tbsCertificate          TBSCertificate,
            signatureAlgorithm      AlgorithmIdentifier,
            signature               BIT STRING
        }

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `Time` | `getEndDate()` |
    `static Certificate` | `getInstance​(java.lang.Object obj)` |
    `static Certificate` | `getInstance​(ASN1TaggedObject obj, boolean explicit)` |
    `X500Name` | `getIssuer()` |
    `ASN1Integer` | `getSerialNumber()` |
    `DERBitString` | `getSignature()` |
    `AlgorithmIdentifier` | `getSignatureAlgorithm()` |
    `Time` | `getStartDate()` |
    `X500Name` | `getSubject()` |
    `SubjectPublicKeyInfo` | `getSubjectPublicKeyInfo()` |
    `TBSCertificate` | `getTBSCertificate()` |
    `ASN1Integer` | `getVersion()` |
    `int` | `getVersionNumber()` |
    `ASN1Primitive` | `toASN1Primitive()` | Method providing a primitive representation of this object suitable for encoding.

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object

      `encodeTo, encodeTo, equals, getEncoded, getEncoded, hasEncodedTagValue, hashCode`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getInstance

          public static Certificate getInstance​(ASN1TaggedObject obj,
                                                boolean explicit)

    - #### getInstance

          public static Certificate getInstance​(java.lang.Object obj)

    - #### getTBSCertificate

          public TBSCertificate getTBSCertificate()

    - #### getVersion

          public ASN1Integer getVersion()

    - #### getVersionNumber

          public int getVersionNumber()

    - #### getSerialNumber

          public ASN1Integer getSerialNumber()

    - #### getIssuer

          public X500Name getIssuer()

    - #### getStartDate

          public Time getStartDate()

    - #### getEndDate

          public Time getEndDate()

    - #### getSubject

          public X500Name getSubject()

    - #### getSubjectPublicKeyInfo

          public SubjectPublicKeyInfo getSubjectPublicKeyInfo()

    - #### getSignatureAlgorithm

          public AlgorithmIdentifier getSignatureAlgorithm()

    - #### getSignature

          public DERBitString getSignature()

    - #### toASN1Primitive

          public ASN1Primitive toASN1Primitive()

      Description copied from class: `ASN1Object`
      Method providing a primitive representation of this object suitable for encoding.
      Specified by:
        `toASN1Primitive` in interface `ASN1Encodable`
      Specified by:
        `toASN1Primitive` in class `ASN1Object`
      Returns:
        a primitive representation of this object.