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X509EncodedKeySpec.java API Doc Java SE 5 API 1704 Fri Aug 26 14:57:18 BST 2005 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 }

author: Jan Luehe
version: 1.19, 12/19/03
see: java.security.Key
see: java.security.KeyFactory
see: KeySpec
see: EncodedKeySpec
see: PKCS8EncodedKeySpec
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. The contents of the array are copied to protect against subsequent modification.
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. Returns a new array each time this method is called.
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";