javax.crypto.spec
Class PBEKeySpec

java.lang.Object
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public class PBEKeySpec

extends java.lang.Object

implements KeySpec

PBE Key specification.

Attention: This is not a SUN implementation!

This class has been developed by IAIK according to the documentation publically available.
For SUNīs documentation of this class see http://java.sun.com/security/JCE1.2/spec/apidoc/index.html

This class represents a PBE Key specification. A key specification is a transparent representation of the key material constituting the key. For password-based encryption, the specification is the password from which the key is created according to PKCS#5 (Password-Based Encryption Standard).

See Also:

PBEParameterSpec, KeySpec

Constructor Summary

PBEKeySpec(char[] password)
Createas a PBE key specification from a given password.

Method Summary

char[]

getPassword() Returns the inherent password as String representation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PBEKeySpec

public PBEKeySpec(char[] password)

Createas a PBE key specification from a given password.

Parameters:

password - the password as String

Method Detail

getPassword

public char[] getPassword()

Returns the inherent password as String representation.

Returns:

the password