Qt Cryptographic Architecture: QCA::CertificateAuthority Class Reference

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QCA::CertificateAuthority Class Reference
QCA user API

`#include <QtCrypto>`

Collaboration diagram for QCA::CertificateAuthority:
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## Public Member Functions
Certificate | certificate () const
| CertificateAuthority (const Certificate &cert, const PrivateKey &key, const QString &provider)
| CertificateAuthority (const CertificateAuthority &from)
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 (Provider::Context *c)
void | change (const QString &type, const QString &provider)
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).

## 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

QCA::CertificateAuthority::CertificateAuthority | ( | const CertificateAuthority & | from | ) |

Copy constructor.

Parameters

  from | the CertificateAuthority to copy from

## Member Function Documentation

CertificateAuthority& QCA::CertificateAuthority::operator= | ( | const CertificateAuthority & | from | ) |

Standard assignment operator.

Parameters

  from | the CertificateAuthority to copy from

Certificate QCA::CertificateAuthority::certificate | ( |  | ) | const

The Certificate belonging to the CertificateAuthority.

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

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

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

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

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

- qca_cert.h