 Known Indirect Subclasses
DHPrivateKey,
DHPublicKey,
DSAPrivateKey,
DSAPublicKey,
ECPrivateKey,
ECPublicKey,
PBEKey,
PrivateKey,
PublicKey,
RSAMultiPrimePrivateCrtKey,
RSAPrivateCrtKey,
RSAPrivateKey,
RSAPublicKey,
SecretKey,
SecretKeySpec
| DHPrivateKey |
The interface for a private key in the Diffie-Hellman key exchange protocol. |
| DHPublicKey |
The interface for a public key in the Diffie-Hellman key exchange protocol. |
| DSAPrivateKey |
The interface for a Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) private key. |
| DSAPublicKey |
The interface for a Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) public key. |
| ECPrivateKey |
The interface for an Elliptic Curve (EC) private key. |
| ECPublicKey |
The interface for an Elliptic Curve (EC) public key. |
| PBEKey |
The interface to a password-based-encryption key. |
| PrivateKey |
PrivateKey is the common interface for private keys. |
| PublicKey |
PublicKey is the common interface for public keys. |
| RSAMultiPrimePrivateCrtKey |
The interface for a Multi-Prime RSA private key. |
| RSAPrivateCrtKey |
The interface for a PKCS#1 RSA private key using CRT information values. |
| RSAPrivateKey |
The interface for an PKCS#1 RSA private key. |
| RSAPublicKey |
The interface for a PKCS#1 RSA public key. |
| SecretKey |
A cryptographic secret (symmetric) key. |
| SecretKeySpec |
A key specification for a SecretKey and also a secret key
implementation that is provider-independent. |
|
Class Overview
Key is the common interface for all keys.
Summary
| Constants |
|---|
| long |
serialVersionUID |
The serialVersionUID to be compatible with JDK1.1. |
| Public Methods |
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|
abstract
String
|
getAlgorithm()
Returns the name of the algorithm of this key.
|
|
abstract
byte[]
|
getEncoded()
Returns the encoded form of this key, or null if encoding is not
supported by this key.
|
|
abstract
String
|
getFormat()
Returns the name of the format used to encode this key, or null
if it can not be encoded.
|
Constants
public
static
final
long
serialVersionUID
The serialVersionUID to be compatible with JDK1.1.
Constant Value:
6603384152749567654
(0x5ba3eee69414eea6)
Public Methods
public
abstract
String
getAlgorithm
()
Returns the name of the algorithm of this key. If the algorithm is
unknown, null is returned.
Returns
- the name of the algorithm of this key or
null if the
algorithm is unknown.
public
abstract
byte[]
getEncoded
()
Returns the encoded form of this key, or null if encoding is not
supported by this key.
Returns
- the encoded form of this key, or
null if encoding is not
supported by this key.
public
abstract
String
getFormat
()
Returns the name of the format used to encode this key, or null
if it can not be encoded.
Returns
- the name of the format used to encode this key, or
null
if it can not be encoded.
