001 /* EncodedKeySpec.java --- Encoded Key Specificaton class 002 Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 003 004 This file is part of GNU Classpath. 005 006 GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 007 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 008 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) 009 any later version. 010 011 GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 012 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 013 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 014 General Public License for more details. 015 016 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 017 along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the 018 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 019 02110-1301 USA. 020 021 Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is 022 making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and 023 conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole 024 combination. 025 026 As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you 027 permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an 028 executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent 029 modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under 030 terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked 031 independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that 032 module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from 033 or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend 034 this exception to your version of the library, but you are not 035 obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this 036 exception statement from your version. */ 037 038 039 package java.security.spec; 040 041 /** 042 Encoded Key Specification class which is used to store 043 byte encoded keys. 044 045 @since JDK 1.2 046 047 @author Mark Benvenuto 048 */ 049 public abstract class EncodedKeySpec implements KeySpec 050 { 051 052 private byte[] encodedKey; 053 054 /** 055 Constructs a new EncodedKeySpec with the specified encoded key. 056 057 @param encodedKey A key to store 058 */ 059 public EncodedKeySpec(byte[] encodedKey) 060 { 061 this.encodedKey = encodedKey; 062 } 063 064 /** 065 Gets the encoded key in byte format. 066 067 @returns the encoded key 068 */ 069 public byte[] getEncoded() 070 { 071 return this.encodedKey; 072 } 073 074 /** 075 Returns the name of the key format used. 076 077 This name is the format such as "PKCS#8" or "X.509" which 078 if it matches a Key class name of the same type can be 079 transformed using the apporiate KeyFactory. 080 081 @return a string representing the name 082 */ 083 public abstract String getFormat(); 084 085 }