org.xlattice
Interface Key

public interface Key

An asymmetric cryptographic key. This will contain the information necessary to use the key with the particular algorithm. XXX NEEDS A BETTER NAME

Author:

Jim Dixon

Method Summary

java.lang.String	algorithm()
PublicKey	getPublicKey() Another experiment.
DigSigner	getSigner(java.lang.String digestName) Given a message digest algorithm, return a reference to a digital signature generator suitable for this key.

Method Detail

algorithm

java.lang.String algorithm()

Returns:

the name of the algorithm, for example, "rsa"

getSigner

DigSigner getSigner(java.lang.String digestName)
                    throws CryptoException

Given a message digest algorithm, return a reference to a digital signature generator suitable for this key. XXX This is an experiment - it might be considered a failure, XXX in that many public key cryptography algorithms are not XXX used for digital signatures.

Parameters:

digestName - case-insensitive name of the signature generator

Throws:

CryptoException

getPublicKey

PublicKey getPublicKey()

Another experiment.