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

IInformationCardExtension	addExtension(IElement extension)
IInformationCardExtension[]	getExtensions()
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
boolean	hasExtensions()
void	removeExtension(IInformationCardExtension extension) Remove an extension from the card

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, toElement

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

getIssuerID

public byte[] getIssuerID()

Returns:

hasExtensions

public boolean hasExtensions()

Returns:

true if this card has any extension, otherwise false

getExtensions

public IInformationCardExtension[] getExtensions()

Returns:

Extensions of this card

addExtension

public IInformationCardExtension addExtension(IElement extension)
                                       throws CardException

Parameters:

extension -

Returns:

Throws:

CardException - If this card is not in edit mode

removeExtension

public void removeExtension(IInformationCardExtension extension)
                     throws CardException

Remove an extension from the card

Parameters:

extension -

Throws:

CardException - If this card is not in edit mode