org.bouncycastle.crypto.util
Class PrivateKeyInfoFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.bouncycastle.crypto.util.PrivateKeyInfoFactory

public class PrivateKeyInfoFactory

extends java.lang.Object

Factory to create ASN.1 private key info objects from lightweight private keys.

Method Summary

static PrivateKeyInfo	createPrivateKeyInfo(AsymmetricKeyParameter privateKey) Create a PrivateKeyInfo representation of a private key.
static PrivateKeyInfo	createPrivateKeyInfo(AsymmetricKeyParameter privateKey, ASN1Set attributes) Create a PrivateKeyInfo representation of a private key with attributes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

createPrivateKeyInfo

public static PrivateKeyInfo createPrivateKeyInfo(AsymmetricKeyParameter privateKey)
                                           throws java.io.IOException

Create a PrivateKeyInfo representation of a private key.

Parameters:

privateKey - the key to be encoded into the info object.

Returns:

the appropriate PrivateKeyInfo

Throws:

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

createPrivateKeyInfo

public static PrivateKeyInfo createPrivateKeyInfo(AsymmetricKeyParameter privateKey,
                                                  ASN1Set attributes)
                                           throws java.io.IOException

Create a PrivateKeyInfo representation of a private key with attributes.

Parameters:

privateKey - the key to be encoded into the info object.

attributes - the set of attributes to be included.

Returns:

the appropriate PrivateKeyInfo

Throws:

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