gnu.crypto.keyring
Class PrivateKeyEntry

java.lang.Object
  gnu.crypto.keyring.Entry
      gnu.crypto.keyring.PrimitiveEntry
          gnu.crypto.keyring.PrivateKeyEntry

public final class PrivateKeyEntry

extends PrimitiveEntry

An immutable class representing a private or secret key entry.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Field Summary

static int

TYPE

Fields inherited from class gnu.crypto.keyring.PrimitiveEntry

creationDate

Fields inherited from class gnu.crypto.keyring.Entry

payload, properties, type

Constructor Summary

PrivateKeyEntry(java.security.Key key, java.util.Date creationDate, Properties properties)
Creates a new key entry.

Method Summary

static PrivateKeyEntry	decode(java.io.DataInputStream in)
protected void	encodePayload() This method is called of subclasses when the payload data needs to be created.
java.security.Key	getKey() Returns this entry's key.

Methods inherited from class gnu.crypto.keyring.PrimitiveEntry

equals, getAlias, getCreationDate, makeCreationDate

Methods inherited from class gnu.crypto.keyring.Entry

defaultDecode, encode, getPayload, getProperties

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

TYPE

public static final int TYPE

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

PrivateKeyEntry

public PrivateKeyEntry(java.security.Key key,
                       java.util.Date creationDate,
                       Properties properties)

Creates a new key entry.

Parameters:

key - The key.

creationDate - The entry creation date.

properties - The entry properties.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If any parameter is null.

Method Detail

decode

public static PrivateKeyEntry decode(java.io.DataInputStream in)
                              throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getKey

public java.security.Key getKey()

Returns this entry's key.

Returns:

The key.

encodePayload

protected void encodePayload()
                      throws java.io.IOException

Description copied from class: Entry

This method is called of subclasses when the payload data needs to be created.

Specified by:

encodePayload in class Entry

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an encoding error occurs.