org.bouncycastle.crypto

Interface AsymmetricKey

All Superinterfaces:

Key

All Known Subinterfaces:

AsymmetricPrivateKey, AsymmetricPublicKey

All Known Implementing Classes:

AsymmetricDHKey, AsymmetricDHPrivateKey, AsymmetricDHPublicKey, AsymmetricDSAKey, AsymmetricDSAPrivateKey, AsymmetricDSAPublicKey, AsymmetricDSTU4145Key, AsymmetricDSTU4145PrivateKey, AsymmetricDSTU4145PublicKey, AsymmetricECGOST3410PrivateKey, AsymmetricECGOST3410PublicKey, AsymmetricECKey, AsymmetricECPrivateKey, AsymmetricECPublicKey, AsymmetricEdDSAKey, AsymmetricEdDSAPrivateKey, AsymmetricEdDSAPublicKey, AsymmetricGOST3410Key, AsymmetricGOST3410PrivateKey, AsymmetricGOST3410PublicKey, AsymmetricRSAKey, AsymmetricRSAPrivateKey, AsymmetricRSAPublicKey, AsymmetricXDHKey, AsymmetricXDHPrivateKey, AsymmetricXDHPublicKey

public interface AsymmetricKey
extends Key

Base interface for Public/Private keys.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte[]	getEncoded() Return an ASN.1 encoding of the key wrapped in a PrivateKeyInfo or a SubjectPublicKeyInfo structure.

Methods inherited from interface org.bouncycastle.crypto.Key

equals, getAlgorithm, hashCode

Method Detail

getEncoded

byte[] getEncoded()

Return an ASN.1 encoding of the key wrapped in a PrivateKeyInfo or a SubjectPublicKeyInfo structure.

Returns:

an encoding of a PrivateKeyInfo or a SubjectPublicKeyInfo structure.