# Package javax.security.cert

package javax.security.cert
Provides classes for public key certificates. The classes in this package have been deprecated. New classes should not be added to this package. These classes include a simplified version of the `java.security.cert` package. These classes were developed as part of the Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE). When JSSE was added to the J2SE version 1.4, this package was added for backward-compatibility reasons only. New applications should not use this package, but rather `java.security.cert`.

Since:
  1.4

Class
Description
Certificate
Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
Use the classes in `java.security.cert` instead.
CertificateEncodingException
Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
Use the classes in `java.security.cert` instead.
CertificateException
Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
Use the classes in `java.security.cert` instead.
CertificateExpiredException
Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
Use the classes in `java.security.cert` instead.
CertificateNotYetValidException
Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
Use the classes in `java.security.cert` instead.
CertificateParsingException
Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
Use the classes in `java.security.cert` instead.
X509Certificate
Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
Use the classes in `java.security.cert` instead.