org.rhq.enterprise.server.plugins.rhnhosted.certificate
Class PublicKeyRing

java.lang.Object
  org.rhq.enterprise.server.plugins.rhnhosted.certificate.PublicKeyRing

public class PublicKeyRing
extends Object

A GPG public keyring.

Constructor Summary

PublicKeyRing(InputStream keyRingStream)
Read the key ring from keyRingStream.

Method Summary

boolean

verifySignature(String message, String asciiSig) Verify that asciiSig is a valid signature for message using this key ring.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PublicKeyRing

public PublicKeyRing(InputStream keyRingStream)
              throws IOException,
                     KeyException

Read the key ring from keyRingStream.

Parameters:

keyRingStream - the stream from which the key ring will be read

Throws:

IOException - if reading the stream fails

KeyException - if the keyring can not be created from the stream

Method Detail

verifySignature

public boolean verifySignature(String message,
                               String asciiSig)
                        throws SignatureException

Verify that asciiSig is a valid signature for message using this key ring.

Parameters:

message - the cleartext message

asciiSig - the ASCII armored sigature

Returns:

true if the signature was generated from message using one of the private keys corresponding to the public keys on this key ring

Throws:

SignatureException - if processing hte signature fails