PKCS8EncodedKeySpec (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)

• java.lang.Object

• • java.security.spec.EncodedKeySpec
  • • java.security.spec.PKCS8EncodedKeySpec

• All Implemented Interfaces:
  KeySpec

public class PKCS8EncodedKeySpec
extends EncodedKeySpec
This class represents the ASN.1 encoding of a private key, encoded according to the ASN.1 type PrivateKeyInfo. The PrivateKeyInfo syntax is defined in the PKCS#8 standard as follows:
PrivateKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
version Version,
privateKeyAlgorithm PrivateKeyAlgorithmIdentifier,
privateKey PrivateKey,
attributes [0] IMPLICIT Attributes OPTIONAL }
Version ::= INTEGER
PrivateKeyAlgorithmIdentifier ::= AlgorithmIdentifier
PrivateKey ::= OCTET STRING
Attributes ::= SET OF Attribute

Since:
1.2
See Also:
Key, KeyFactory, KeySpec, EncodedKeySpec, X509EncodedKeySpec

• • Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor	Description
  PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(byte[] encodedKey)	Creates a new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec with the given encoded key.

  • Method Summary

  All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  byte[]	getEncoded()	Returns the key bytes, encoded according to the PKCS #8 standard.
  String	getFormat()	Returns the name of the encoding format associated with this key specification.

     * ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.[Object](../../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")  
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• • Constructor Detail

     * #### PKCS8EncodedKeySpec  
     public PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(byte[] encodedKey)  
     Creates a new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec with the given encoded key.  
     Parameters:  
     `encodedKey` \- the key, which is assumed to be encoded according to the PKCS #8 standard. The contents of the array are copied to protect against subsequent modification.  
     Throws:  
     `[NullPointerException](../../../java/lang/NullPointerException.html "class in java.lang")` \- if `encodedKey` is null.  

  • Method Detail

    * #### getEncoded  
    public byte[] getEncoded()  
    Returns the key bytes, encoded according to the PKCS #8 standard.  
    Overrides:  
    `[getEncoded](../../../java/security/spec/EncodedKeySpec.html#getEncoded--)` in class `[EncodedKeySpec](../../../java/security/spec/EncodedKeySpec.html "class in java.security.spec")`  
    Returns:  
    the PKCS #8 encoding of the key. Returns a new array each time this method is called.  
    * #### getFormat  
    public final [String](../../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") getFormat()  
    Returns the name of the encoding format associated with this key specification.  
    Specified by:  
    `[getFormat](../../../java/security/spec/EncodedKeySpec.html#getFormat--)` in class `[EncodedKeySpec](../../../java/security/spec/EncodedKeySpec.html "class in java.security.spec")`  
    Returns:  
    the string `"PKCS#8"`.

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