java.security.spec
Class X509EncodedKeySpec

java.lang.Object
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 +--java.security.spec.EncodedKeySpec
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 +--java.security.spec.X509EncodedKeySpec

All Implemented Interfaces:

KeySpec

public class X509EncodedKeySpec

extends EncodedKeySpec

Untamed: This class represents the ASN.1 encoding of a public key, encoded according to the ASN.1 type SubjectPublicKeyInfo. The SubjectPublicKeyInfo syntax is defined in the X.509 standard as follows:

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

Since:

1.2

Version:

1.16, 12/03/01

Author:

Jan Luehe

See Also:

java.security.Key, java.security.KeyFactory, KeySpec, EncodedKeySpec, PKCS8EncodedKeySpec

X509EncodedKeySpec

public X509EncodedKeySpec(byte[] encodedKey)

Enabled: 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.

getEncoded

public byte[] getEncoded()

Enabled: Returns the key bytes, encoded according to the X.509 standard.

Overrides:

getEncoded in class EncodedKeySpec

Returns:

the X.509 encoding of the key.

getFormat

public final String getFormat()

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

Specified by:

getFormat in class EncodedKeySpec

Returns:

the string "X.509".