Key

Key

java.security

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Java 1.1

serializable

This interface defines the high-level characteristics of all cryptographic keys. getAlgorithm( ) returns the name of the cryptographic algorithm (such as RSA) used with the key. getFormat( ) return the name of the external encoding (such as X.509) used with the key. getEncoded( ) returns the key as an array of bytes, encoded using the format specified by getFormat( ) .

Figure 14-17. java.security.Key

 public interface  Key  extends Serializable {  // Public Constants   1.2  public static final long  serialVersionUID  ;  =6603384152749567654   // Public Instance Methods  String  getAlgorithm  ( );        byte[ ]  getEncoded  ( );        String  getFormat  ( );   } 

Implementations

PrivateKey , PublicKey , javax.crypto.SecretKey

Passed To

Too many methods to list.

Returned By

KeyFactory.translateKey( ) , KeyFactorySpi.engineTranslateKey( ) , KeyStore.getKey( ) , KeyStoreSpi.engineGetKey( ) , javax.crypto.Cipher.unwrap( ) , javax.crypto.CipherSpi.engineUnwrap( ) , javax.crypto.KeyAgreement.doPhase( ) , javax.crypto.KeyAgreementSpi.engineDoPhase( )