iaik.security.dsa
Class DSAKeyFactory

java.lang.Object
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        +--iaik.security.dsa.DSAKeyFactory

public final class DSAKeyFactory

extends KeyFactorySpi

This class converts DSA keys (opaque representation) in their KeySpecs (transparent representation) and vice versa.

• DSAPublicKey <--> DSAPublicKeySpec or X509EncodedKeySpec
• DSAPrivateKey <--> DSAPrivateKeySpec or PKCS8EncodedKeySpec

To convert, for instance, DER encoded PKCS#8 private key material (e.g. pkcs8_key_spec instantiated from PKCS8EncodedKeySpec) into DSAPrivateKey representation, use this KeyFactory for DSA keys:

 KeyFactory dsa_key_fac = KeyFactory.getInstance("DSA");
 DSAPrivateKey dsa_priv_key = (DSAPrivateKey)dsa_key_fac.generatePrivate(pkcs8_key_spec);
 

See Also:

DSAPrivateKey, DSAPublicKey

Constructor Summary

DSAKeyFactory()
Default constructor for creating a DSAKeyFactory.

Method Summary

protected PrivateKey	engineGeneratePrivate(KeySpec keySpec) Converts the given key specification to a PrivateKey.
protected PublicKey	engineGeneratePublic(KeySpec keySpec) Converts the given key specification to a PublicKey.
protected KeySpec	engineGetKeySpec(Key key, java.lang.Class classSpec) Converts the given key into the requested key specification (key material).
protected Key	engineTranslateKey(Key key) Translates the given key object of some unknown or untrusted provider into a key object supported by this DSA key factory.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DSAKeyFactory

public DSAKeyFactory()

Default constructor for creating a DSAKeyFactory. Applications shall use KeyFactory.getInstance("DSA"); for instantiating a DSAKeyFactory.

Method Detail

engineGeneratePrivate

protected PrivateKey engineGeneratePrivate(KeySpec keySpec)
                                    throws InvalidKeySpecException

Converts the given key specification to a PrivateKey. The given key material may either be a DSAPrivateKeySpec or a PKCS8EncodedKeySpec.

Overrides:

engineGeneratePrivate in class KeyFactorySpi

Parameters:

keySpec - the key specification as DSAPrivateKeySpec or PKCS8EncodedKeySpec

Returns:

the resulting PrivateKey

Throws:

InvalidKeySpecException - if the given key material is not a DSAPrivateKeySpec or PKCS8EncodedKeySpec

engineGeneratePublic

protected PublicKey engineGeneratePublic(KeySpec keySpec)
                                  throws InvalidKeySpecException

Converts the given key specification to a PublicKey. The given key material may either be a DSAPublicKeySpec or a X509EncodedKeySpec.

Overrides:

engineGeneratePublic in class KeyFactorySpi

Parameters:

keySpec - the key specification as DSAPublicKeySpec or X509EncodedKeySpec

Returns:

the resulting PublicKey

Throws:

InvalidKeySpecException - if the given key material is not a DSAPublicKeySpec or X509EncodedKeySpec

engineGetKeySpec

protected KeySpec engineGetKeySpec(Key key,
                                   java.lang.Class classSpec)
                            throws InvalidKeySpecException

Converts the given key into the requested key specification (key material). The given key may either be a DSAPublicKey or a DSAPrivateKey. If the key is a DSAPublicKey, this method only can create a DSAPublicKeySpec or a X509EncodedKeySpec from it. If the given key is a DSAPrivateKey, a DSAPrivateKeySpec or a PKCS8EncodedKeySpec may be returned, depending on which of these two types of specifications is requested by classSpec. Each attempt to get key material of a type not matching to a given DSA key will raise an exception.

Overrides:

engineGetKeySpec in class KeyFactorySpi

Parameters:

key - the key to be converted, which either may be a DSAPublicKey or a DSAPrivateKey.

keySpec - the key specification type into which the key shall be converted, which may be a DSAPublicKeySpec or a X509EncodedKeySpec if the given key is a DSAPublicKey, or a DSAPrivateKeySpec or a PKCS8EncodedKeySpec if the given key is a DSAPrivateKey

Returns:

the key specification (key material) derived from the given key

Throws:

InvalidKeySpecException - if the given key cannot be converted into the requested key specification object by this key factory

engineTranslateKey

protected Key engineTranslateKey(Key key)
                          throws InvalidKeyException

Translates the given key object of some unknown or untrusted provider into a key object supported by this DSA key factory. This method only can translate keys of type DSAPublicKey or DSAPrivateKey.

Overrides:

engineTranslateKey in class KeyFactorySpi

Parameters:

key - the key of some unknown or untrusted provider

Returns:

the translated key

Throws:

InvalidKeyException - if the given key cannot be translated by this key factory