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package java.security.spec;
/**
* This class represents the ASN.1 encoding of a private key,
* encoded according to the ASN.1 type <code>PrivateKeyInfo</code>.
* The <code>PrivateKeyInfo</code> syntax is defined in the PKCS#8 standard
* as follows:
*
* <pre>
* PrivateKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
* version Version,
* privateKeyAlgorithm PrivateKeyAlgorithmIdentifier,
* privateKey PrivateKey,
* attributes [0] IMPLICIT Attributes OPTIONAL }
*
* Version ::= INTEGER
*
* PrivateKeyAlgorithmIdentifier ::= AlgorithmIdentifier
*
* PrivateKey ::= OCTET STRING
*
* Attributes ::= SET OF Attribute
* </pre>
*
* @author Jan Luehe
*
*
* @see java.security.Key
* @see java.security.KeyFactory
* @see KeySpec
* @see EncodedKeySpec
* @see X509EncodedKeySpec
*
* @since 1.2
*/
public class PKCS8EncodedKeySpec extends EncodedKeySpec {
/**
* Creates a new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec with the given encoded key.
*
* @param encodedKey the key, which is assumed to be
* encoded according to the PKCS #8 standard. The contents of
* the array are copied to protect against subsequent modification.
* @exception NullPointerException if <code>encodedKey</code>
* is null.
*/
public PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(byte[] encodedKey) {
super(encodedKey);
}
/**
* Returns the key bytes, encoded according to the PKCS #8 standard.
*
* @return the PKCS #8 encoding of the key. Returns a new array
* each time this method is called.
*/
public byte[] getEncoded() {
return super.getEncoded();
}
/**
* Returns the name of the encoding format associated with this
* key specification.
*
* @return the string <code>"PKCS#8"</code>.
*/
public final String getFormat() {
return "PKCS#8";
}
}