PBEKey (Java SE 15 & JDK 15) (original) (raw)

All Superinterfaces:

[Destroyable](../../security/auth/Destroyable.html "interface in javax.security.auth"), [Key](../../../java/security/Key.html "interface in java.security"), [SecretKey](../SecretKey.html "interface in javax.crypto"), [Serializable](../../../java/io/Serializable.html "interface in java.io")

public interface PBEKey extends SecretKey

The interface to a PBE key.

Since:

1.4

See Also:

PBEKeySpec, SecretKey

• Field Summary

Fields

• Method Summary

• Field Details

  • serialVersionUID

  @Deprecated static final long serialVersionUID
  The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization compatibility since J2SE 1.4.
  See Also:
  Constant Field Values

• Method Details

  • getPassword

  char[] getPassword()
  Returns the password.
  Note: this method should return a copy of the password. It is the caller's responsibility to zero out the password information after it is no longer needed.
  Returns:
  the password.

  • getSalt

  byte[] getSalt()
  Returns the salt or null if not specified.
  Note: this method should return a copy of the salt. It is the caller's responsibility to zero out the salt information after it is no longer needed.
  Returns:
  the salt.

  • getIterationCount

  int getIterationCount()
  Returns the iteration count or 0 if not specified.
  Returns:
  the iteration count.