All Implemented Interfaces:

KeySpec

Direct Known Subclasses:

PKCS8EncodedKeySpec, X509EncodedKeySpec

public abstract class EncodedKeySpec
extends Object
implements KeySpec 

Since:

1.2

See Also:

Key, KeyFactory, KeySpec, X509EncodedKeySpec, PKCS8EncodedKeySpec

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor	Description
  EncodedKeySpec (byte[] encodedKey)	Creates a new EncodedKeySpec with the given encoded key.

• Method Summary

  All Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  byte[]	getEncoded ()	Returns the encoded key.
  abstract String	getFormat ()	Returns the name of the encoding format associated with this key specification.

  • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

• Constructor Detail

  • EncodedKeySpec

    public EncodedKeySpec(byte[] encodedKey)

    Creates a new EncodedKeySpec with the given encoded key.

    Parameters:

    encodedKey - the encoded key. The contents of the array are copied to protect against subsequent modification.

    Throws:

    NullPointerException - if encodedKey is null.

• Method Detail

  • getEncoded

    public byte[] getEncoded()

    Returns the encoded key.

    Returns:

    the encoded key. Returns a new array each time this method is called.

  • getFormat

    public abstract String getFormat()

    Returns the name of the encoding format associated with this key specification.

    If the opaque representation of a key (see Key) can be transformed (see KeyFactory) into this key specification (or a subclass of it), getFormat called on the opaque key returns the same value as the getFormat method of this key specification.

    Returns:

    a string representation of the encoding format.