org.eclipse.higgins.icard
Interface IInformationCard

All Superinterfaces:

ICard, IClaimContainer, IClaimTypeContainer

All Known Subinterfaces:

IManagedInformationCard, IPersonalInformationCard

public interface IInformationCard

extends ICard

Represents CardSpace-interoperable I-Card

Method Summary

byte[]	getHashSalt() Random entropy used for computing the PPID claim value for the card
byte[]	getIssuerID()
byte[]	getMasterKey() Used as the entropy to generate the token signing key
IElement	toElement(IElementFormat format)

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.higgins.icard.ICard

applyUpdates, beginUpdates, cancelUpdates, getClaimByLocalName, getCUID, getDescription, getID, getImage, getImageType, getIssuer, getIssuerName, getName, getProvider, getRequiredCredentials, getSupportedClaimTypesUris, getSupportedTokenTypes, getTimeExpires, getTimeIssued, getTimeLastUpdated, getType, getVersion, isClaimsRetrieved, isEditable, isEditMode, isFormatSupported, isSelfIssued, setImage, setIssuerName, setName, setTimeExpires

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.higgins.icard.IClaimTypeContainer

getSupportedClaimTypes

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.higgins.icard.IClaimContainer

createClaim, getClaim, getClaims, setClaim

Method Detail

getHashSalt

public byte[] getHashSalt()

Random entropy used for computing the PPID claim value for the card

Returns:

getMasterKey

public byte[] getMasterKey()
                    throws CardException

Used as the entropy to generate the token signing key

Returns:

Throws:

CardException

toElement

public IElement toElement(IElementFormat format)
                   throws CardException,
                          CardIOException,
                          UnsupportedElementFormatException

Specified by:

toElement in interface ICard

Parameters:

format - The document that will contain exported cards

Returns:

XML representation of the card in RoamingInformationCard format. This Element should be created within the passed Document

Throws:

CardException

CardIOException

UnsupportedElementFormatException

getIssuerID

public byte[] getIssuerID()

Returns: