Package org.bouncycastle.crypto

Class CipherKeyGenerator

java.lang.Object

org.bouncycastle.crypto.CipherKeyGenerator

Direct Known Subclasses:

DESKeyGenerator

public class CipherKeyGenerator
extends Object

The base class for symmetric, or secret, cipher key generators.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected SecureRandom	random
protected int	strength

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CipherKeyGenerator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
byte[]	generateKey()	generate a secret key.
void	init(KeyGenerationParameters param)	initialise the key generator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

random

protected SecureRandom random

strength

protected int strength

Constructor Details

CipherKeyGenerator

public CipherKeyGenerator()

Method Details

init

public void init(KeyGenerationParameters param)

initialise the key generator.

Parameters:

param - the parameters to be used for key generation

generateKey

public byte[] generateKey()

generate a secret key.

Returns:

a byte array containing the key value.