Package javax.crypto.interfaces

Package javax.crypto.interfaces

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Java 1.4

The interfaces in the javax.crypto.interfaces package define the public methods that must be supported by various types of encryption keys. The "DH" interfaces respresent Diffie-Hellman public/private key pairs used in the Diffie-Hellman key-agreement protocol. The "PBE" iterface is for Password-Based Encryption. These interfaces are typically of interest only to programmers who are implementing a cryptographic provider or who want to implement cryptographic algorithms themselves . Use of this package requires basic familiarity with the encryption algorithms and the mathematics that underlie them. Note that the javax.crypto.spec package contains classes that provide algorithm-specific details about encryption keys.

Interfaces

 public interface  DHKey  ; public interface  DHPrivateKey  extends DHKey, java.security.PrivateKey; public interface  DHPublicKey  extends DHKey, java.security.PublicKey; public interface  PBEKey  extends javax.crypto.SecretKey;