javax.crypto.interfaces
Interface PBEKey

All Superinterfaces:

java.security.Key, SecretKey, java.io.Serializable

public interface PBEKey

extends SecretKey

An interface to a key used in password-based encryption (PBE). Typically, keys that are known to be derived from passwords can be cast to instances of a PBEKey.

Since:

1.4

See Also:

SecretKey, PBEKeySpec

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface java.security.Key

serialVersionUID

Method Summary

int	getIterationCount() Returns the iteration count, or 0 if not specified.
char[]	getPassword() Returns the password.
byte[]	getSalt() Returns the salt or null if not specified.

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Key

getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat

Method Detail

getIterationCount

public int getIterationCount()

Returns the iteration count, or 0 if not specified.

Returns:

the iteration count.

getPassword

public char[] getPassword()

Returns the password.

Note: this method should return a copy of the password. It is the caller's responsibility to zero out the password information after it is no longer needed.

Returns:

the password.

getSalt

public byte[] getSalt()

Returns the salt or null if not specified.

Note: this method should return a copy of the salt. It is the caller's responsibility to zero out the salt information after it is no longer needed.

Returns:

the salt.