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X509EncodedKeySpec.java API Doc phoneME MR2 API (J2ME) 2368 Wed May 02 18:00:38 BST 2007 java.security.spec

X509EncodedKeySpec

java.lang.Object
- java.security.spec.EncodedKeySpec

public class X509EncodedKeySpec extends EncodedKeySpec

This class represents the ASN.1 encoding of a public key, encoded according to the ASN.1 type SubjectPublicKeyInfo. The SubjectPublicKeyInfo syntax is defined in the X.509 standard as follows:

SubjectPublicKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
algorithm AlgorithmIdentifier,
subjectPublicKey BIT STRING }

version: 1.17, 01/23/03
see: java.security.Key
see: java.security.KeyFactory
see: KeySpec
see: EncodedKeySpec
since: 1.2

Fields Summary
Constructors Summary
public X509EncodedKeySpec(byte[] encodedKey)
Creates a new X509EncodedKeySpec with the given encoded key.
param
encodedKey the key, which is assumed to be encoded according to the X.509 standard.
super(encodedKey);
Methods Summary
public byte[] getEncoded()
Returns the key bytes, encoded according to the X.509 standard.
return
the X.509 encoding of the key.
return super.getEncoded();
public final java.lang.String getFormat()
Returns the name of the encoding format associated with this key specification.
return
the string "X.509".
return "X.509";