org.jboss.aerogear.crypto.keys
Class PrivateKey

java.lang.Object
  org.jboss.aerogear.crypto.keys.PrivateKey

public class PrivateKey
extends Object

Represents the private key used for symmetric encryption

Field Summary

private byte[]

secretKey

Constructor Summary

PrivateKey()
Initialize and generate the private key with the default key size

PrivateKey(byte[] keyBytes)
Initializes the private key with the provided bytes

PrivateKey(String secretKey)
Initializes the private key with the provided string

PrivateKey(String secretKey, Encoder encoder)
Initializes the private key with the provided string and encoder

Method Summary

byte[]	toBytes() Retrieve the private key
String	toString() Retrieve the hexadecimal representation of the key

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

secretKey

private byte[] secretKey

Constructor Detail

PrivateKey

public PrivateKey()

Initialize and generate the private key with the default key size

PrivateKey

public PrivateKey(byte[] keyBytes)

Initializes the private key with the provided bytes

Parameters:

keyBytes - provided key

PrivateKey

public PrivateKey(String secretKey)

Initializes the private key with the provided string

Parameters:

secretKey - provided key

PrivateKey

public PrivateKey(String secretKey,
                  Encoder encoder)

Initializes the private key with the provided string and encoder

Parameters:

secretKey - provided key

encoder - provided encoder

Method Detail

toBytes

public byte[] toBytes()

Retrieve the private key

Returns:

sequence of bytes representing the private key

toString

public String toString()

Retrieve the hexadecimal representation of the key

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

key encoded to hexadecimal by default