public Class CipherKeyGenerator

Class Inheritance

extends Object

Known Direct Subclasses

Imports

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

Field Summary

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected SecureRandom	random
protected int	strength

Access	Constructor and Description
public	CipherKeyGenerator()

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public byte[]	Returns: a byte array containing the key value. generateKey() generate a secret key.
public void	init(KeyGenerationParameters the parameters to be used for key generation param) initialise the key generator.

Inherited from java.lang.Object:: clone equals finalize getClass hashCode notify notifyAll toString wait wait wait

random	back to summary
protected SecureRandom random

strength	back to summary
protected int strength

CipherKeyGenerator	back to summary
public CipherKeyGenerator()

generateKey	back to summary
public byte[] generateKey() generate a secret key. Returns:byte[] a byte array containing the key value.

generateKey

public byte[] generateKey()

generate a secret key.

init	back to summary
public void init(KeyGenerationParameters param) initialise the key generator. Parameters param:KeyGenerationParameters the parameters to be used for key generation

init

public void init(KeyGenerationParameters param)

initialise the key generator.

Parameters