org.bouncycastle.jcajce

Class PBKDF2Key

java.lang.Object

org.bouncycastle.jcajce.PBKDF2Key

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.security.Key, javax.crypto.SecretKey, javax.security.auth.Destroyable, PBKDFKey

Direct Known Subclasses:

PBKDF2KeyWithParameters

public class PBKDF2Key
extends java.lang.Object
implements PBKDFKey

A password based key for use with PBKDF2 as defined in PKCS#5.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface javax.crypto.SecretKey

serialVersionUID

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PBKDF2Key(char[] password, CharToByteConverter converter) Basic constructor for a password based key using PBKDF - secret key generation parameters will be passed separately..

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getAlgorithm() Return the password based key derivation function this key is for,
byte[]	getEncoded() Return the password converted to bytes.
java.lang.String	getFormat() Return the format encoding.
char[]	getPassword() Return a reference to the char[] array holding the password.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface javax.security.auth.Destroyable

destroy, isDestroyed

Constructor Detail

PBKDF2Key

public PBKDF2Key(char[] password,
                 CharToByteConverter converter)

Basic constructor for a password based key using PBKDF - secret key generation parameters will be passed separately..

Parameters:

password - password to use.

Method Detail

getPassword

public char[] getPassword()

Return a reference to the char[] array holding the password.

Returns:

a reference to the password array.

getAlgorithm

public java.lang.String getAlgorithm()

Return the password based key derivation function this key is for,

Specified by:

getAlgorithm in interface java.security.Key

Returns:

the string "PBKDF2"

getFormat

public java.lang.String getFormat()

Return the format encoding.

Specified by:

getFormat in interface java.security.Key

Returns:

the type name representing a char[] to byte[] conversion.

getEncoded

public byte[] getEncoded()

Return the password converted to bytes.

Specified by:

getEncoded in interface java.security.Key

Returns:

the password converted to a byte array.