Added in API level 1

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Signature

Kotlin |Java

public class Signature
extends Object implements Parcelable

java.lang.Object
↳	android.content.pm.Signature

Opaque, immutable representation of a signing certificate associated with an application package.

This class name is slightly misleading, since it's not actually a signature.

Summary

Inherited constants

From interface android.os.Parcelable

`int`	`CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR` Descriptor bit used with `describeContents()`: indicates that the Parcelable object's flattened representation includes a file descriptor.
`int`	`PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE` Flag for use with `writeToParcel(Parcel, int)`: the object being written is a return value, that is the result of a function such as "`Parcelable someFunction()`", "`void someFunction(out Parcelable)`", or "`void someFunction(inout Parcelable)`".

Fields
`public static final Creator<Signature>`	`CREATOR`

Public constructors
`Signature(byte[] signature)` Create Signature from an existing raw byte array.
`Signature(String text)` Create Signature from a text representation previously returned by `toChars()` or `toCharsString()`.

Public methods
`int`	`describeContents()` Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`byte[]`	`toByteArray()`
`char[]`	`toChars()` Encode the Signature as ASCII text.
`char[]`	`toChars(char[] existingArray, int[] outLen)` Encode the Signature as ASCII text in to an existing array.
`String`	`toCharsString()` Return the result of `toChars()` as a String.
`void`	`writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int parcelableFlags)` Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Inherited methods

From class


        
          java.lang.Object

`Object`	`clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`void`	`finalize()` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()` Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`final void`	`notify()` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

From interface


        
          android.os.Parcelable

`abstract int`	`describeContents()` Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation.
`abstract void`	`writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags)` Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Fields

CREATOR

Added in API level 1

public static final Creator<Signature> CREATOR

Public constructors

Signature

Added in API level 1

public Signature (byte[] signature)

Create Signature from an existing raw byte array.

Parameters
`signature`	`byte`

Signature

Added in API level 1

public Signature (String text)

Create Signature from a text representation previously returned by toChars() or toCharsString(). Signatures are expected to be a hex-encoded ASCII string.

Parameters
`text`	`String`: hex-encoded string representing the signature

Throws
`IllegalArgumentException`	when signature is odd-length

Public methods

describeContents

Added in API level 1

public int describeContents ()

Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation. For example, if the object will include a file descriptor in the output of writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel, int), the return value of this method must include the CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR bit.

Returns
`int`	a bitmask indicating the set of special object types marshaled by this Parcelable object instance. Value is either `0` or `CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR`

equals

Added in API level 1

public boolean equals (Object obj)

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

The equals method implements an equivalence relation on non-null object references:

It is reflexive: for any non-null reference value x, x.equals(x) should return true.
It is symmetric: for any non-null reference values x and y, x.equals(y) should return true if and only if y.equals(x) returns true.
It is transitive: for any non-null reference values x, y, and z, if x.equals(y) returns true and y.equals(z) returns true, then x.equals(z) should return true.
It is consistent: for any non-null reference values x and y, multiple invocations of x.equals(y) consistently return true or consistently return false, provided no information used in equals comparisons on the objects is modified.
For any non-null reference value x, x.equals(null) should return false.

An equivalence relation partitions the elements it operates on into equivalence classes; all the members of an equivalence class are equal to each other. Members of an equivalence class are substitutable for each other, at least for some purposes.

Parameters
`obj`	`Object`: This value may be `null`.

Returns
`boolean`	`true` if this object is the same as the obj argument; `false` otherwise.

hashCode

Added in API level 1

public int hashCode ()

Returns a hash code value for the object. This method is supported for the benefit of hash tables such as those provided by HashMap.

The general contract of hashCode is:

Whenever it is invoked on the same object more than once during an execution of a Java application, the hashCode method must consistently return the same integer, provided no information used in equals comparisons on the object is modified. This integer need not remain consistent from one execution of an application to another execution of the same application.
If two objects are equal according to the equals method, then calling the hashCode method on each of the two objects must produce the same integer result.
It is not required that if two objects are unequal according to the equals method, then calling the hashCode method on each of the two objects must produce distinct integer results. However, the programmer should be aware that producing distinct integer results for unequal objects may improve the performance of hash tables.

Returns
`int`	a hash code value for this object.

toByteArray

Added in API level 1

public byte[] toByteArray ()

Returns
`byte[]`	the contents of this signature as a byte array.

toChars

Added in API level 1

public char[] toChars ()

Encode the Signature as ASCII text.

Returns
`char[]`

toChars

Added in API level 1

public char[] toChars (char[] existingArray, 
                int[] outLen)

Encode the Signature as ASCII text in to an existing array.

Parameters
`existingArray`	`char`: Existing char array or null.
`outLen`	`int`: Output parameter for the number of characters written in to the array.

Returns
`char[]`	Returns either `existingArray` if it was large enough to hold the ASCII representation, or a newly created char[] array if needed.

toCharsString

Added in API level 1

public String toCharsString ()

Return the result of toChars() as a String.

Returns
`String`

writeToParcel

Added in API level 1

public void writeToParcel (Parcel dest, 
                int parcelableFlags)

Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Parameters
`dest`	`Parcel`: The Parcel in which the object should be written. This value cannot be `null`.
`parcelableFlags`	`int`: Additional flags about how the object should be written. May be 0 or `Parcelable.PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE`. Value is either `0` or a combination of `Parcelable.PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE`, and android.os.Parcelable.PARCELABLE_ELIDE_DUPLICATES