<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"><html><head><!--Copyright (c) 1999, 2006, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify itunder the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, aspublished by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates thisparticular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as providedby Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUTANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY orFITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public Licenseversion 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file thataccompanied this code). You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USAor visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have anyquestions.--> </head><body bgcolor="white"> Provides classes for public key certificates. <P> These classes include a simplified version of thejava.security.cert package.  These classes were developedas part of the Java Secure SocketExtension (JSSE).  When JSSE was added to the J2SE version 1.4, thispackage was added for backward-compatibility reasons only. <P> New applications should not use this package, but ratherjava.security.cert.<!--<h2>Package Specification</h2> ##### FILL IN ANY SPECS NEEDED BY JAVA COMPATIBILITY KIT #####<ul>  <li><a href="">##### REFER TO ANY FRAMEMAKER SPECIFICATION HERE #####</a></ul> <h2>Related Documentation</h2> For overviews, tutorials, examples, guides, and tool documentation, please see:<ul>  <li><a href="">##### REFER TO NON-SPEC DOCUMENTATION HERE #####</a></ul> --> @since 1.4</body></html>