KeyPairGeneratorSpi (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)

• java.lang.Object

• • java.security.KeyPairGeneratorSpi

• Direct Known Subclasses:
  KeyPairGenerator

public abstract class KeyPairGeneratorSpi
extends Object
This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the KeyPairGenerator class, which is used to generate pairs of public and private keys.
All the abstract methods in this class must be implemented by each cryptographic service provider who wishes to supply the implementation of a key pair generator for a particular algorithm.
In case the client does not explicitly initialize the KeyPairGenerator (via a call to an initialize method), each provider must supply (and document) a default initialization. For example, the Sun provider uses a default modulus size (keysize) of 1024 bits.
See Also:
KeyPairGenerator, AlgorithmParameterSpec

• • Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor	Description
  KeyPairGeneratorSpi()

  • Method Summary

  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  abstract KeyPair	generateKeyPair()	Generates a key pair.
  void	initialize(AlgorithmParameterSpec params,SecureRandom random)	Initializes the key pair generator using the specified parameter set and user-provided source of randomness.
  abstract void	initialize(int keysize,SecureRandom random)	Initializes the key pair generator for a certain keysize, using the default parameter set.

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• • Constructor Detail

     * #### KeyPairGeneratorSpi  
     public KeyPairGeneratorSpi()  

  • Method Detail

    * #### initialize  
    public abstract void initialize(int keysize,  
                                    [SecureRandom](../../java/security/SecureRandom.html "class in java.security") random)  
    Initializes the key pair generator for a certain keysize, using the default parameter set.  
    Parameters:  
    `keysize` \- the keysize. This is an algorithm-specific metric, such as modulus length, specified in number of bits.  
    `random` \- the source of randomness for this generator.  
    Throws:  
    `[InvalidParameterException](../../java/security/InvalidParameterException.html "class in java.security")` \- if the `keysize` is not supported by this KeyPairGeneratorSpi object.  
    * #### initialize  
    public void initialize([AlgorithmParameterSpec](../../java/security/spec/AlgorithmParameterSpec.html "interface in java.security.spec") params,  
                           [SecureRandom](../../java/security/SecureRandom.html "class in java.security") random)  
                    throws [InvalidAlgorithmParameterException](../../java/security/InvalidAlgorithmParameterException.html "class in java.security")  
    Initializes the key pair generator using the specified parameter set and user-provided source of randomness.  
    This concrete method has been added to this previously-defined abstract class. (For backwards compatibility, it cannot be abstract.) It may be overridden by a provider to initialize the key pair generator. Such an override is expected to throw an InvalidAlgorithmParameterException if a parameter is inappropriate for this key pair generator. If this method is not overridden, it always throws an UnsupportedOperationException.  
    Parameters:  
    `params` \- the parameter set used to generate the keys.  
    `random` \- the source of randomness for this generator.  
    Throws:  
    `[InvalidAlgorithmParameterException](../../java/security/InvalidAlgorithmParameterException.html "class in java.security")` \- if the given parameters are inappropriate for this key pair generator.  
    Since:  
    1.2  
    * #### generateKeyPair  
    public abstract [KeyPair](../../java/security/KeyPair.html "class in java.security") generateKeyPair()  
    Generates a key pair. Unless an initialization method is called using a KeyPairGenerator interface, algorithm-specific defaults will be used. This will generate a new key pair every time it is called.  
    Returns:  
    the newly generated `KeyPair`

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