com.beowulfchain.beowulfj.protocol

Class PublicKey

java.lang.Object

com.beowulfchain.beowulfj.protocol.PublicKey

All Implemented Interfaces:

ByteTransformable

public class PublicKey
extends Object
implements ByteTransformable

This class is the java implementation of the public_key object.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PublicKey(eu.bittrade.crypto.core.ECKey publicKey) Create a new public key by providing a ECKey object containing the public key.
PublicKey(String address) Create a new public key by providing an address as String.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object otherPublicKey)
String	getAddressFromPublicKey() Recreate the address from the public key.
eu.bittrade.crypto.core.ECKey	getPublicKey() Get the public key stored in this object.
int	hashCode()
byte[]	toByteArray() Covert the operation into a byte array.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PublicKey

public PublicKey(String address)

Create a new public key by providing an address as String.

Parameters:

address - The address in its String representation.

Example:
STM5jYVokmZHdEpwo5oCG3ES2Ca4VYzy6tM8pWWkGdgVnwo2mFLFq

Throws:

eu.bittrade.crypto.core.AddressFormatException - If the input is not base 58 or the checksum does not validate.

PublicKey

public PublicKey(eu.bittrade.crypto.core.ECKey publicKey)

Create a new public key by providing a ECKey object containing the public key.

Parameters:

publicKey - The public key.

Method Detail

getAddressFromPublicKey

public String getAddressFromPublicKey()

Recreate the address from the public key.

Returns:

The address.

getPublicKey

public eu.bittrade.crypto.core.ECKey getPublicKey()

Get the public key stored in this object.

Returns:

The public key.

toByteArray

public byte[] toByteArray()
                   throws BeowulfInvalidTransactionException

Description copied from interface: ByteTransformable

Covert the operation into a byte array.

Specified by:

toByteArray in interface ByteTransformable

Returns:

The operation as a byte array.

Throws:

BeowulfInvalidTransactionException - If there was a problem while transforming the transaction into a byte array.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object otherPublicKey)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object