de.flexiprovider.core.pbe
Class PBEKey

java.lang.Object
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  +--de.flexiprovider.core.pbe.PBEKey

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.security.Key, Key, SecretKey, javax.crypto.SecretKey, java.io.Serializable

public class PBEKey

extends java.lang.Object

implements SecretKey

A simple class representing a key for PBE (Passphrase Based Encryption).

Author:

Thomas Wahrenbruch

See Also:

Serialized Form

Fields inherited from interface java.security.Key

serialVersionUID

Constructor Summary

protected

PBEKey(char[] keyChars) Construct a new PBEKey with the specified chars.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getAlgorithm() Returns the name of the algorithm the key is used with.
byte[]	getEncoded()
java.lang.String	getFormat() Return the encoding format of the key.
char[]	getKey()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

, clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PBEKey

protected PBEKey(char[] keyChars)

Construct a new PBEKey with the specified chars.

Parameters:

keyChars - the key chars

Method Detail

getAlgorithm

public java.lang.String getAlgorithm()

Returns the name of the algorithm the key is used with.

Specified by:

getAlgorithm in interface java.security.Key

Returns:

"PBE"

getEncoded

public byte[] getEncoded()

Specified by:

getEncoded in interface java.security.Key

Returns:

the key chars converted into a byte array

getFormat

public java.lang.String getFormat()

Return the encoding format of the key.

Specified by:

getFormat in interface java.security.Key

Returns:

"RAW-BMP"

getKey

public char[] getKey()

Returns:

a copy of the key chars