org.bouncycastle.crypto.generators

Class ElGamalKeyPairGenerator

java.lang.Object

org.bouncycastle.crypto.generators.ElGamalKeyPairGenerator

All Implemented Interfaces:

AsymmetricCipherKeyPairGenerator

public class ElGamalKeyPairGenerator
extends java.lang.Object
implements AsymmetricCipherKeyPairGenerator

a ElGamal key pair generator.

This generates keys consistent for use with ElGamal as described in page 164 of "Handbook of Applied Cryptography".

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ElGamalKeyPairGenerator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AsymmetricCipherKeyPair	generateKeyPair() return an AsymmetricCipherKeyPair containing the generated keys.
void	init(KeyGenerationParameters param) intialise the key pair generator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ElGamalKeyPairGenerator

public ElGamalKeyPairGenerator()

Method Detail

init

public void init(KeyGenerationParameters param)

Description copied from interface: AsymmetricCipherKeyPairGenerator

intialise the key pair generator.

Specified by:

init in interface AsymmetricCipherKeyPairGenerator

Parameters:

param - the parameters the key pair is to be initialised with.

generateKeyPair

public AsymmetricCipherKeyPair generateKeyPair()

Description copied from interface: AsymmetricCipherKeyPairGenerator

return an AsymmetricCipherKeyPair containing the generated keys.

Specified by:

generateKeyPair in interface AsymmetricCipherKeyPairGenerator

Returns:

an AsymmetricCipherKeyPair containing the generated keys.