IT. Expert System.

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

DHPrivateKey, DHPublicKey, DSAPrivateKey, DSAPublicKey, ECPrivateKey, ECPublicKey, PBEKey, PrivateKey, PublicKey, RSAMultiPrimePrivateCrtKey, RSAPrivateCrtKey, RSAPrivateKey, RSAPublicKey, SecretKey

All Known Implementing Classes:

DHPrivateKeyTest.checkDHPrivateKey, DHPublicKeyTest.checkDHPublicKey, DSAPrivateKeyImpl, DSAPublicKeyImpl, KeyStoreTestSupport.MyPrivateKey, KeyStoreTestSupport.SKey, KeyTest.checkKey, MyExemptionMechanismSpi.tmp1Key, MyExemptionMechanismSpi.tmpKey, MyKeyPairGenerator1.PrivKey, MyKeyPairGenerator1.PubKey, OpenSSLDSAPrivateKey, OpenSSLDSAPublicKey, OpenSSLRSAPrivateCrtKey, OpenSSLRSAPrivateKey, OpenSSLRSAPublicKey, PBEKeyTest.checkPBEKey, PrivateKeyImpl, PrivateKeyStub, PrivateKeyTest.checkPrivateKey, PublicKeyImpl, PublicKeyStub, PublicKeyTest.checkPublicKey, RSAMultiPrimePrivateCrtKeyImpl, SecretKeySpec, SecretKeyTest.checkSecretKey, TestCertUtils.TestPublicKey, X509PublicKey

public interface Key
extends Serializable

See Also:

PublicKey, PrivateKey

• Field Summary

  Fields

  Modifier and Type	Field and Description
  static long	serialVersionUID The serialVersionUID to be compatible with JDK1.1.

• Method Summary

  Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  String	getAlgorithm() Returns the name of the algorithm of this key.
  byte[]	getEncoded() Returns the encoded form of this key, or null if encoding is not supported by this key.
  String	getFormat() Returns the name of the format used to encode this key, or null if it can not be encoded.

• Field Detail

  • serialVersionUID

    static final long serialVersionUID

    The serialVersionUID to be compatible with JDK1.1.

    See Also:

    Constant Field Values

• Method Detail

  • getAlgorithm

    String getAlgorithm()

    Returns the name of the algorithm of this key. If the algorithm is unknown, null is returned.

    Returns:

    the name of the algorithm of this key or null if the algorithm is unknown.

  • getFormat

    String getFormat()

    Returns the name of the format used to encode this key, or null if it can not be encoded.

    Returns:

    the name of the format used to encode this key, or null if it can not be encoded.

  • getEncoded

    byte[] getEncoded()

    Returns the encoded form of this key, or null if encoding is not supported by this key.

    Returns:

    the encoded form of this key, or null if encoding is not supported by this key.