anon.crypto
Interface IMyPublicKey

All Superinterfaces:

IXMLEncodable, java.security.Key, java.security.PublicKey, java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPublicKey, MyDSAPublicKey, MyRSAPublicKey

public interface IMyPublicKey
extends java.security.PublicKey, IXMLEncodable

Represents the public part of an asymmetric cryptographic key pair.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface java.security.PublicKey

serialVersionUID

Fields inherited from interface anon.util.IXMLEncodable

FIELD_XML_ELEMENT_CONTAINER_NAME, FIELD_XML_ELEMENT_NAME, XML_ATTR_ID, XML_ATTR_VERSION

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object a_object) This method returns if two public keys have the same public key parameters.
org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.SubjectPublicKeyInfo	getAsSubjectPublicKeyInfo() Gets the key as a SubjectPublicKeyInfo object.
int	getKeyLength() Returns the length of the key.
ISignatureVerificationAlgorithm	getSignatureAlgorithm() Gets the signature algorithm object that is held and initialised with this key.
int	hashCode()

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Key

getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat

Methods inherited from interface anon.util.IXMLEncodable

toXmlElement

Method Detail

getSignatureAlgorithm

ISignatureVerificationAlgorithm getSignatureAlgorithm()

Gets the signature algorithm object that is held and initialised with this key. It is ready to verify messages and does not need to be reinitialised by the caller. Therefore, this method must make sure that the algorithm is initialised with this key.

Returns:

the signature algorithm object that is held and initialised by this key

getAsSubjectPublicKeyInfo

org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.SubjectPublicKeyInfo getAsSubjectPublicKeyInfo()

Gets the key as a SubjectPublicKeyInfo object.

Returns:

the key as a SubjectPublicKeyInfo object

getKeyLength

int getKeyLength()

Returns the length of the key. The length of the key often corresponds with the security it provides.

Returns:

the length of the key

equals

boolean equals(java.lang.Object a_object)

This method returns if two public keys have the same public key parameters.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

a_object - an other public key

Returns:

true if the keys have the same public key parameters; false otherwise

hashCode

int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the public key`s hash code

See Also:

Object.hashCode()