Interface AsymmetricKey

All Superinterfaces:

DEREncodablePREVIEW, Key, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

DHPrivateKey, DHPublicKey, DSAPrivateKey, DSAPublicKey, ECPrivateKey, ECPublicKey, EdECPrivateKey, EdECPublicKey, PrivateKey, PublicKey, RSAMultiPrimePrivateCrtKey, RSAPrivateCrtKey, RSAPrivateKey, RSAPublicKey, XECPrivateKey, XECPublicKey

public non-sealed interface AsymmetricKey
extends Key, DEREncodablePREVIEW

An asymmetric key, which can be either a public key or a private key. This interface contains methods that are common to either a public key or a private key.

Since:

22

Field Summary

Fields declared in interface Key

serialVersionUID

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final long	serialVersionUID	Deprecated. A serialVersionUID field in an interface is ineffectual.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default AlgorithmParameterSpec	getParams()	Returns the parameters associated with this key.

Methods declared in interface Key

getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getAlgorithm()	Returns the standard algorithm name for this key.
byte[]	getEncoded()	Returns the key in its primary encoding format, or null if this key does not support encoding.
String	getFormat()	Returns the name of the primary encoding format of this key, or null if this key does not support encoding.

Method Details

getParams

default AlgorithmParameterSpec getParams()

Returns the parameters associated with this key. The parameters are optional and may be either explicitly specified or implicitly created during key pair generation.

Implementation Requirements:

The default implementation returns null.

Returns:

the associated parameters, may be null