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/**
* @author Boris V. Kuznetsov
* @version $Revision$
*/

package java.security;

import java.security.spec.InvalidKeySpecException;
import java.security.spec.KeySpec;

/**
 * {@code KeyFactorySpi} is the Service Provider Interface (SPI) definition for
 * {@link KeyFactory}.
 * 
 * @see KeyFactory
 * @since Android 1.0
 */
public abstract class KeyFactorySpi {
    
    /**
     * Generates a instance of {@code PublicKey} from the given key
     * specification.
     * 
     * @param keySpec
     *            the specification of the public key.
     * @return the public key.
     * @throws InvalidKeySpecException
     *             if the specified {@code keySpec} is invalid.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    protected abstract PublicKey engineGeneratePublic(KeySpec keySpec) 
                                    throws InvalidKeySpecException;
    
    /**
     * Generates a instance of {@code PrivateKey} from the given key
     * specification.
     * 
     * @param keySpec
     *            the specification of the private key.
     * @return the private key.
     * @throws InvalidKeySpecException
     *             if the specified {@code keySpec} is invalid.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    protected abstract PrivateKey engineGeneratePrivate(KeySpec keySpec)
                                    throws InvalidKeySpecException;
    
    /**
     * Returns the key specification for the specified key.
     * 
     * @param key
     *            the key from which the specification is requested.
     * @param keySpec
     *            the type of the requested {@code KeySpec}.
     * @return the key specification for the specified key.
     * @throws InvalidKeySpecException
     *             if the key can not be processed, or the requested requested
     *             {@code KeySpec} is inappropriate for the given key.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    protected abstract <T extends KeySpec> T engineGetKeySpec(Key key, Class<T> keySpec)
                                    throws InvalidKeySpecException;
    //FIXME 1.5 signature: protected abstract <T extends KeySpec> T engineGetKeySpec(Key key, Class<T> keySpec) throws InvalidKeySpecException
    
    /**
     * Translates the given key into a key from this key factory.
     * 
     * @param key
     *            the key to translate.
     * @return the translated key.
     * @throws InvalidKeyException
     *             if the specified key can not be translated by this key
     *             factory.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    protected abstract Key engineTranslateKey(Key key) throws InvalidKeyException;

}