All Implemented Interfaces:

KeySpec

public class X509EncodedKeySpec
extends EncodedKeySpec 

 SubjectPublicKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
 algorithm AlgorithmIdentifier,
 subjectPublicKey BIT STRING }
 

Since:

1.2

See Also:

Key, KeyFactory, KeySpec, EncodedKeySpec, PKCS8EncodedKeySpec

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor	Description
  X509EncodedKeySpec (byte[] encodedKey)	Creates a new X509EncodedKeySpec with the given encoded key.

• Method Summary

  All Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  byte[]	getEncoded ()	Returns the key bytes, encoded according to the X.509 standard.
  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

  • X509EncodedKeySpec

    public X509EncodedKeySpec(byte[] encodedKey)

    Creates a new X509EncodedKeySpec with the given encoded key.

    Parameters:

    encodedKey - the key, which is assumed to be encoded according to the X.509 standard. 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 key bytes, encoded according to the X.509 standard.

    Overrides:

    getEncoded in class EncodedKeySpec

    Returns:

    the X.509 encoding of the key. Returns a new array each time this method is called.

  • getFormat

    public final String getFormat()

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

    Specified by:

    getFormat in class EncodedKeySpec

    Returns:

    the string "X.509".