KeyFactorySpi
Class KeyFactorySpi
- java.lang.Object
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- java.security.KeyFactorySpi
public abstract class KeyFactorySpi extends Object
This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the KeyFactory
class. All the abstract methods in this class must be implemented by each cryptographic service provider who wishes to supply the implementation of a key factory for a particular algorithm.
Key factories are used to convert keys (opaque cryptographic keys of type Key
) into key specifications (transparent representations of the underlying key material), and vice versa.
Key factories are bi-directional. That is, they allow you to build an opaque key object from a given key specification (key material), or to retrieve