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SecureRandomSpi.javaAPI DocJava SE 6 API1827Tue Jun 10 00:25:46 BST 2008java.security

SecureRandomSpi

public abstract class SecureRandomSpi extends Object implements Serializable
This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the SecureRandom class. All the abstract methods in this class must be implemented by each service provider who wishes to supply the implementation of a cryptographically strong pseudo-random number generator.
version
1.13, 11/17/05
see
SecureRandom
since
1.2

Fields Summary
private static final long
serialVersionUID
Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
protected abstract byte[]engineGenerateSeed(int numBytes)
Returns the given number of seed bytes. This call may be used to seed other random number generators.

param
numBytes the number of seed bytes to generate.
return
the seed bytes.

protected abstract voidengineNextBytes(byte[] bytes)
Generates a user-specified number of random bytes.

If a call to engineSetSeed had not occurred previously, the first call to this method forces this SecureRandom implementation to seed itself. This self-seeding will not occur if engineSetSeed was previously called.

param
bytes the array to be filled in with random bytes.

protected abstract voidengineSetSeed(byte[] seed)
Reseeds this random object. The given seed supplements, rather than replaces, the existing seed. Thus, repeated calls are guaranteed never to reduce randomness.

param
seed the seed.