Key

implements Serializable

java.security.Key

Known Indirect Subclasses

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

DHPrivateKey	The interface for a private key in the Diffie-Hellman key exchange protocol.
DHPublicKey	The interface for a public key in the Diffie-Hellman key exchange protocol.
DSAPrivateKey	The interface for a Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) private key.
DSAPublicKey	The interface for a Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) public key.
ECPrivateKey	The interface for an Elliptic Curve (EC) private key.
ECPublicKey	The interface for an Elliptic Curve (EC) public key.
PBEKey	The interface to a password-based-encryption key.
PrivateKey	`PrivateKey` is the common interface for private keys.
PublicKey	`PublicKey` is the common interface for public keys.
RSAMultiPrimePrivateCrtKey	The interface for a Multi-Prime RSA private key.
RSAPrivateCrtKey	The interface for a PKCS#1 RSA private key using CRT information values.
RSAPrivateKey	The interface for an PKCS#1 RSA private key.
RSAPublicKey	The interface for a PKCS#1 RSA public key.
SecretKey	A cryptographic secret (symmetric) key.
SecretKeySpec	A key specification for a `SecretKey` and also a secret key implementation that is provider-independent.

Class Overview

Key is the common interface for all keys.

Summary

Constants
long	serialVersionUID	The `serialVersionUID` to be compatible with JDK1.1.

Public Methods
abstract String	getAlgorithm() Returns the name of the algorithm of this key.
abstract byte[]	getEncoded() Returns the encoded form of this key, or `null` if encoding is not supported by this key.
abstract String	getFormat() Returns the name of the format used to encode this key, or `null` if it can not be encoded.

Constants

public static final long serialVersionUID

Added in API level 1

The serialVersionUID to be compatible with JDK1.1.

Constant Value: 6603384152749567654 (0x5ba3eee69414eea6)

Public Methods

public abstract String getAlgorithm ()

Added in API level 1

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.

public abstract byte[] getEncoded ()

Added in API level 1

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.

public abstract String getFormat ()

Added in API level 1

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.

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Interfaces

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Key

Class Overview

See Also

Summary

Constants

public static final long serialVersionUID

Public Methods

public abstract String getAlgorithm ()

Returns

public abstract byte[] getEncoded ()

Returns

public abstract String getFormat ()

Returns