Interface AsymmetricKey
- All Superinterfaces:
Key
,Serializable
- All Known Subinterfaces:
DHPrivateKey
,DHPublicKey
,DSAPrivateKey
,DSAPublicKey
,ECPrivateKey
,ECPublicKey
,EdECPrivateKey
,EdECPublicKey
,PrivateKey
,PublicKey
,RSAMultiPrimePrivateCrtKey
,RSAPrivateCrtKey
,RSAPrivateKey
,RSAPublicKey
,XECPrivateKey
,XECPublicKey
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 java.security.Key
serialVersionUID
Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptiondefaultAlgorithmParameterSpec
Returns the parameters associated with this key.Methods declared in interface java.security.Key
getAlgorithm,getEncoded,getFormat
Method Details
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