JavaTM 2 Platform
Std. Ed. v1.3.1

Uses of Interface
java.security.Key

Packages that use Key
java.security Provides the classes and interfaces for the security framework. 
java.security.interfaces Provides interfaces for generating RSA (Rivest, Shamir and Adleman AsymmetricCipher algorithm) keys as defined in the RSA Laboratory Technical Note PKCS#1, and DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm) keys as defined in NIST's FIPS-186. 
 

Uses of Key in java.security
 

Subinterfaces of Key in java.security
 interface PrivateKey
          A private key.
 interface PublicKey
          A public key.
 

Methods in java.security that return Key
 Key KeyFactory.translateKey(Key key)
          Translates a key object, whose provider may be unknown or potentially untrusted, into a corresponding key object of this key factory.
 Key KeyStore.getKey(String alias, char[] password)
          Returns the key associated with the given alias, using the given password to recover it.
abstract  Key KeyStoreSpi.engineGetKey(String alias, char[] password)
          Returns the key associated with the given alias, using the given password to recover it.
protected abstract  Key KeyFactorySpi.engineTranslateKey(Key key)
          Translates a key object, whose provider may be unknown or potentially untrusted, into a corresponding key object of this key factory.
 

Methods in java.security with parameters of type Key
 KeySpec KeyFactory.getKeySpec(Key key, Class keySpec)
          Returns a specification (key material) of the given key object.
 Key KeyFactory.translateKey(Key key)
          Translates a key object, whose provider may be unknown or potentially untrusted, into a corresponding key object of this key factory.
 void KeyStore.setKeyEntry(String alias, Key key, char[] password, Certificate[] chain)
          Assigns the given key to the given alias, protecting it with the given password.
abstract  void KeyStoreSpi.engineSetKeyEntry(String alias, Key key, char[] password, Certificate[] chain)
          Assigns the given key to the given alias, protecting it with the given password.
protected abstract  KeySpec KeyFactorySpi.engineGetKeySpec(Key key, Class keySpec)
          Returns a specification (key material) of the given key object.
protected abstract  Key KeyFactorySpi.engineTranslateKey(Key key)
          Translates a key object, whose provider may be unknown or potentially untrusted, into a corresponding key object of this key factory.
 

Uses of Key in java.security.interfaces
 

Subinterfaces of Key in java.security.interfaces
 interface DSAPrivateKey
          The standard interface to a DSA private key.
 interface DSAPublicKey
          The interface to a DSA public key.
 interface RSAPrivateCrtKey
          The interface to an RSA private key, as defined in the PKCS#1 standard, using the Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT) information values.
 interface RSAPrivateKey
          The interface to an RSA private key.
 interface RSAPublicKey
          The interface to an RSA public key.
 


JavaTM 2 Platform
Std. Ed. v1.3.1

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