libjava/java/security/KeyPairGeneratorSpi.java

   1 /* KeyPairGeneratorSpi.java --- Key Pair Generator SPI Class
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  37
  38 package java.security;
  39 import java.security.spec.AlgorithmParameterSpec;
  40
  41 /**
  42    KeyPairGeneratorSpi is the interface used to generate key pairs
  43    for security algorithms.
  44
  45    @author Mark Benvenuto
  46  */
  47 public abstract class KeyPairGeneratorSpi
  48 {
  49   /**
  50      Constructs a new KeyPairGeneratorSpi
  51    */
  52   public KeyPairGeneratorSpi()
  53   {
  54   }
  55
  56   /**
  57      Initialize the KeyPairGeneratorSpi with the specified
  58      key size and source of randomness
  59
  60      @param keysize size of the key to generate
  61      @param random A SecureRandom source of randomness
  62    */
  63   public abstract void initialize(int keysize, SecureRandom random);
  64
  65   /**
  66      Initialize the KeyPairGeneratorSpi with the specified
  67      AlgorithmParameterSpec and source of randomness
  68
  69      This is a concrete method. It may be overridden by the provider
  70      and if the AlgorithmParameterSpec class is invalid
  71      throw InvalidAlgorithmParameterException. By default this
  72      method just throws UnsupportedOperationException.
  73
  74      @param params A AlgorithmParameterSpec to intialize with
  75      @param random A SecureRandom source of randomness
  76
  77      @throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException
  78    */
  79   public void initialize(AlgorithmParameterSpec params, SecureRandom random)
  80     throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException
  81   {
  82     throw new java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException();
  83   }
  84
  85   /**
  86      Generates a KeyPair according the rules for the algorithm.
  87      Unless intialized, algorithm defaults will be used. It
  88      creates a unique key pair each time.
  89
  90      @return a key pair
  91    */
  92   public abstract KeyPair generateKeyPair();
  93
  94   /**
  95    * We override clone here to make it accessible for use by
  96    * DummyKeyPairGenerator.
  97    */
  98   protected Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException
  99   {
 100     return super.clone();
 101   }
 102 }