org.bouncycastle.crypto.util
Class PrivateKeyFactory

java.lang.Object
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public class PrivateKeyFactory

extends java.lang.Object

Factory for creating private key objects from PKCS8 PrivateKeyInfo objects.

Constructor Summary

PrivateKeyFactory()

Method Summary

static AsymmetricKeyParameter	createKey(byte[] privateKeyInfoData) Create a private key parameter from a PKCS8 PrivateKeyInfo encoding.
static AsymmetricKeyParameter	createKey(java.io.InputStream inStr) Create a private key parameter from a PKCS8 PrivateKeyInfo encoding read from a stream.
static AsymmetricKeyParameter	createKey(PrivateKeyInfo keyInfo) Create a private key parameter from the passed in PKCS8 PrivateKeyInfo object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PrivateKeyFactory

public PrivateKeyFactory()

Method Detail

createKey

public static AsymmetricKeyParameter createKey(byte[] privateKeyInfoData)
                                        throws java.io.IOException

Create a private key parameter from a PKCS8 PrivateKeyInfo encoding.

Parameters:

privateKeyInfoData - the PrivateKeyInfo encoding

Returns:

a suitable private key parameter

Throws:

java.io.IOException - on an error decoding the key

createKey

public static AsymmetricKeyParameter createKey(java.io.InputStream inStr)
                                        throws java.io.IOException

Create a private key parameter from a PKCS8 PrivateKeyInfo encoding read from a stream.

Parameters:

inStr - the stream to read the PrivateKeyInfo encoding from

Returns:

a suitable private key parameter

Throws:

java.io.IOException - on an error decoding the key

createKey

public static AsymmetricKeyParameter createKey(PrivateKeyInfo keyInfo)
                                        throws java.io.IOException

Create a private key parameter from the passed in PKCS8 PrivateKeyInfo object.

Parameters:

keyInfo - the PrivateKeyInfo object containing the key material

Returns:

a suitable private key parameter

Throws:

java.io.IOException - on an error decoding the key