public Class BCMcEliecePublicKey

Overrides java.lang.Object.equals.

Compare this key with another object.

Parameters

other:Object

the other object

Returns:boolean

the result of the comparison

Implements java.security.Key.getAlgorithm.

Return the name of the algorithm.

Returns:String

"McEliece"

Implements java.security.Key.getEncoded.

Return the keyData to encode in the SubjectPublicKeyInfo structure.

The ASN.1 definition of the key structure is

      McEliecePublicKey ::= SEQUENCE {
        n           Integer      -- length of the code
        t           Integer      -- error correcting capability
        matrixG     OctetString  -- generator matrix as octet string
      }

Returns:byte[]

the keyData to encode in the SubjectPublicKeyInfo structure

Implements java.security.Key.getFormat.

Doc from java.security.Key.getFormat.

Returns the name of the primary encoding format of this key, or null if this key does not support encoding. The primary encoding format is named in terms of the appropriate ASN.1 data format, if an ASN.1 specification for this key exists. For example, the name of the ASN.1 data format for public keys is SubjectPublicKeyInfo, as defined by the X.509 standard; in this case, the returned format is "X.509". Similarly, the name of the ASN.1 data format for private keys is PrivateKeyInfo, as defined by the PKCS #8 standard; in this case, the returned format is "PKCS#8".

Returns:String

the primary encoding format of the key.

Returns:GF2Matrix

the generator matrix

Returns:int

the dimension of the code

Returns:int

the length of the code

Returns:int

the error correction capability of the code

Overrides java.lang.Object.hashCode.

Doc from java.lang.Object.hashCode.

Returns a hash code value for this object. This method is supported for the benefit of hash tables such as those provided by java.util.HashMap.

The general contract of hashCode is:

• Whenever it is invoked on the same object more than once during an execution of a Java application, the hashCode method must consistently return the same integer, provided no information used in equals comparisons on the object is modified. This integer need not remain consistent from one execution of an application to another execution of the same application.
• If two objects are equal according to the equals method, then calling the hashCode method on each of the two objects must produce the same integer result.
• It is not required that if two objects are unequal according to the equals method, then calling the hashCode method on each of the two objects must produce distinct integer results. However, the programmer should be aware that producing distinct integer results for unequal objects may improve the performance of hash tables.

Returns:int

the hash code of this key

Overrides java.lang.Object.toString.

Doc from java.lang.Object.toString.

Returns a string representation of the object. Satisfying this method's contract implies a non-null result must be returned.

Returns:String

a human readable form of the key