sun.security.x509.CertAndKeyGen and sun.security.pkcs.PKCS10 - missing in JDK8. Implementation suggestions

Question

In JDK8 the class sun.security.x509.CertAndKeyGen does not exists anymore. Also sun.security.pkcs.PKCS10 is missing. In JDK7 they existed. What could be an alternatives to these classes methods?

Answer 1

I think you are looking for: sun.security.tools.keytool.CertAndKeyGen

You'll find it inside the rt.jar under the JRE libraries.

Keep in mind this class is outside of J2SE, it's likely only available with OpenJDK, so for example the GNU Compiler won't have it.

Answer 2

If you are using maven, put this in pom.xml. (from this question):

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>3.2</version>
  <configuration>
     <fork>true</fork>
     <compilerArgument>-XDignore.symbol.file</compilerArgument>
  </configuration>
</plugin>