de.flexiprovider.core.serpent
Class SerpentKey

java.lang.Object
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  +--de.flexiprovider.core.serpent.SerpentKey

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class SerpentKey

extends java.lang.Object

implements SecretKey

SerpentKey is used to store a symmetric key for Serpent encryption/decryption.

Author:

Katja Rauch

See Also:

Serialized Form

Fields inherited from interface java.security.Key

serialVersionUID

Constructor Summary

protected

SerpentKey(byte[] keyBytes) Construct a new Serpent key from the given key bytes.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object other) Compare this key with another object.
java.lang.String	getAlgorithm() Return the name of the algorithm the key is used with.
byte[]	getEncoded()
java.lang.String	getFormat() Return the encoding format of this key.
int	hashCode()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SerpentKey

protected SerpentKey(byte[] keyBytes)

Construct a new Serpent key from the given key bytes.

Parameters:

keyBytes - the key bytes

Method Detail

getAlgorithm

public java.lang.String getAlgorithm()

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

Specified by:

getAlgorithm in interface java.security.Key

Returns:

"Serpent"

getEncoded

public byte[] getEncoded()

Specified by:

getEncoded in interface java.security.Key

Returns:

a copy of the key bytes

getFormat

public java.lang.String getFormat()

Return the encoding format of this key.

Specified by:

getFormat in interface java.security.Key

Returns:

"RAW"

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

Compare this key with another object.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

other - the other object

Returns:

the result of the comparison

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the hash code of this key