Package java.security.spec

Provides classes and interfaces for key specifications and algorithm parameter specifications.

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Description

Interface Summary

AlgorithmParameterSpec	A (transparent) specification of cryptographic parameters.
KeySpec	A (transparent) specification of the key material that constitutes a cryptographic key.

Class Summary

DSAParameterSpec	This class specifies the set of parameters used with the DSA algorithm.
DSAPrivateKeySpec	This class specifies a DSA private key with its associated parameters.
DSAPublicKeySpec	This class specifies a DSA public key with its associated parameters.
EncodedKeySpec	This class represents a public or private key in encoded format.
PKCS8EncodedKeySpec	This class represents the ASN.1 encoding of a private key, encoded according to the ASN.1 type PrivateKeyInfo, whose syntax is defined in the PKCS#8 standard, as follows:
RSAKeyGenParameterSpec	This class specifies the set of parameters used to generate an RSA key pair.
RSAPrivateCrtKeySpec	This class specifies an RSA private key, as defined in the PKCS#1 standard, using the Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT) information values for efficiency.
RSAPrivateKeySpec	This class specifies an RSA private key.
RSAPublicKeySpec	This class specifies an RSA public key.
X509EncodedKeySpec	This class represents the ASN.1 encoding of a public key, encoded according to the ASN.1 type SubjectPublicKeyInfo, whose syntax is defined in the X.509 standard, as follows:

Exception Summary

InvalidKeySpecException	This is the exception for invalid key specifications.
InvalidParameterSpecException	This is the exception for invalid parameter specifications.

Package java.security.spec Description

Provides classes and interfaces for key specifications and algorithm parameter specifications.

A key specification is a transparent representation of the key material that constitutes a key. A key may be specified in an algorithm-specific way, or in an algorithm-independent encoding format (such as ASN.1). This package contains key specifications for DSA public and private keys, RSA public and private keys, PKCS #8 private keys in DER-encoded format, and X.509 public and private keys in DER-encoded format.

An algorithm parameter specification is a transparent representation of the sets of parameters used with an algorithm. This package contains an algorithm parameter specification for parameters used with the DSA algorithm.

Package Specification

• PKCS #1: RSA Encryption Standard, Version 1.5, November 1993
• PKCS #8: Private-Key Information Syntax Standard, Version 1.2, November 1993
• Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS PUB) 186: Digital Signature Standard (DSS)

Related Documentation

For documentation that includes information about algorithm parameter and key specifications, please see:

• Java Cryptography Architecture API Specification and Reference

Since:

1.2