All Superinterfaces:

Destroyable, Key, SecretKey, Serializable

public interface PBEKey
extends SecretKey 

Since:

1.4

See Also:

PBEKeySpec, SecretKey

• Field Summary

  Fields

  Modifier and Type	Field	Description
  static long	serialVersionUID	The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization compatibility since J2SE 1.4.

• Method Summary

  All Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  int	getIterationCount ()	Returns the iteration count or 0 if not specified.
  char[]	getPassword ()	Returns the password.
  byte[]	getSalt ()	Returns the salt or null if not specified.

  • Methods inherited from interface java.security.Key

    getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat

  • Methods inherited from interface javax.security.auth.Destroyable

    destroy, isDestroyed

• Field Detail

  • serialVersionUID

    static final long serialVersionUID

    The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization compatibility since J2SE 1.4.

    See Also:

    Constant Field Values

• Method Detail

  • getPassword

    char[] getPassword()

    Returns the password.

    Note: this method should return a copy of the password. It is the caller's responsibility to zero out the password information after it is no longer needed.

    Returns:

    the password.

  • getSalt

    byte[] getSalt()

    Returns the salt or null if not specified.

    Note: this method should return a copy of the salt. It is the caller's responsibility to zero out the salt information after it is no longer needed.

    Returns:

    the salt.

  • getIterationCount

    int getIterationCount()

    Returns the iteration count or 0 if not specified.

    Returns:

    the iteration count.