This deprecated class was used in Java 1.1 to represent a group of Identity and Signer objects and their associated PublicKey and PrivateKey objects. As of Java 1.2, it has been replaced by the KeyStore class.

Figure 14-13. java.security.IdentityScope

public abstract class IdentityScope extends Identity {
// Public Constructors
     public IdentityScope(String name);  
     public IdentityScope(String name, IdentityScope scope) 
        throws KeyManagementException;  
// Protected Constructors
     protected IdentityScope( );  
// Public Class Methods
     public static IdentityScope getSystemScope( );  
// Protected Class Methods
     protected static void setSystemScope(IdentityScope scope);  
// Public Instance Methods
     public abstract void addIdentity(Identity identity) 
        throws KeyManagementException;  
     public abstract Identity getIdentity(String name);  
     public Identity getIdentity(Principal principal);  
     public abstract Identity getIdentity(PublicKey key);  
     public abstract java.util.Enumeration<Identity> identities( );  
     public abstract void removeIdentity(Identity identity) 
        throws KeyManagementException;  
     public abstract int size( );  
// Public Methods Overriding Identity
     public String toString( );  
}

Passed To

Identity.Identity( ), Signer.Signer( )

Returned By

Identity.getScope( )