java.security

Class KeyPairGeneratorSpi

Known Direct Subclasses:
KeyPairGenerator

public abstract class KeyPairGeneratorSpi
extends Object

KeyPairGeneratorSpi is the interface used to generate key pairs for security algorithms.

Constructor Summary

KeyPairGeneratorSpi()
Constructs a new KeyPairGeneratorSpi

Method Summary

protected Object
clone()
We override clone here to make it accessible for use by DummyKeyPairGenerator.
abstract KeyPair
generateKeyPair()
Generates a KeyPair according the rules for the algorithm.
abstract void
initialize(int keysize, SecureRandom random)
Initialize the KeyPairGeneratorSpi with the specified key size and source of randomness
void
initialize(AlgorithmParameterSpec params, SecureRandom random)
Initialize the KeyPairGeneratorSpi with the specified AlgorithmParameterSpec and source of randomness This is a concrete method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, extends Object> getClass, finalize, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

KeyPairGeneratorSpi

public KeyPairGeneratorSpi()
Constructs a new KeyPairGeneratorSpi

Method Details

clone

protected Object clone()
            throws CloneNotSupportedException
We override clone here to make it accessible for use by DummyKeyPairGenerator.
Overrides:
clone in interface Object

generateKeyPair

public abstract KeyPair generateKeyPair()
Generates a KeyPair according the rules for the algorithm. Unless intialized, algorithm defaults will be used. It creates a unique key pair each time.
Returns:
a key pair

initialize

public abstract void initialize(int keysize,
                                SecureRandom random)
Initialize the KeyPairGeneratorSpi with the specified key size and source of randomness
Parameters:
keysize - size of the key to generate
random - A SecureRandom source of randomness

initialize

public void initialize(AlgorithmParameterSpec params,
                       SecureRandom random)
            throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException
Initialize the KeyPairGeneratorSpi with the specified AlgorithmParameterSpec and source of randomness This is a concrete method. It may be overridden by the provider and if the AlgorithmParameterSpec class is invalid throw InvalidAlgorithmParameterException. By default this method just throws UnsupportedOperationException.
Parameters:
params - A AlgorithmParameterSpec to intialize with
random - A SecureRandom source of randomness

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