Interface DHPublicKey

All Superinterfaces:

AsymmetricKey, DEREncodablePREVIEW, DHKey, Key, PublicKey, Serializable

public interface DHPublicKey
extends DHKey, PublicKey

The interface to a Diffie-Hellman public key.

Since:

1.4

See Also:

• DHKey
• DHPrivateKey

Field Summary

Fields

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 DHParameterSpec	getParams()	Returns the parameters associated with this key.
BigInteger	getY()	Returns the public value, y.

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.

Field Details

serialVersionUID

@Deprecated
static final long serialVersionUID

Deprecated.

A serialVersionUID field in an interface is ineffectual. Do not use; no replacement.

The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization compatibility since J2SE 1.4.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Method Details

getY

BigInteger getY()

Returns the public value, y.

Returns:

the public value, y

getParams

default DHParameterSpec 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.

Specified by:

getParams in interface AsymmetricKey

Specified by:

getParams in interface DHKey

Implementation Requirements:

The default implementation returns null.

Returns:

the associated parameters, may be null