net.sf.mmm.crypto.asymmetric.key

Interface PrivateKeyFactory<PR extends PrivateKey>

Type Parameters:

PR - type of PrivateKey.

All Known Subinterfaces:

AsymmetricKeyCreator<PR,PU,PAIR>, AsymmetricKeyPairFactory<PR,PU,PAIR>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAsymmetricKeyCreator, AbstractAsymmetricKeyPairFactory, AsymmetricKeyCreatorImpl, AsymmetricKeyCreatorRsa, AsymmetricKeyPairFactoryEcJce, AsymmetricKeyPairFactoryEncoded, AsymmetricKeyPairFactoryRsaCompact

public interface PrivateKeyFactory<PR extends PrivateKey>

Interface for factory to create instances of PrivateKey.

Since:

1.0.0

See Also:

AsymmetricKeyCreator

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default net.sf.mmm.binary.api.Binary	asBinary(PR privateKey)
byte[]	asData(PR privateKey)
PR	createPrivateKey(byte[] data)

Method Detail

asBinary

default net.sf.mmm.binary.api.Binary asBinary(PR privateKey)

Parameters:

privateKey - the PrivateKey to serialize.

Returns:

the serialized Binary.

asData

byte[] asData(PR privateKey)

Parameters:

privateKey - the PrivateKey to serialize.

Returns:

the serialized binary data.

createPrivateKey

PR createPrivateKey(byte[] data)

Parameters:

data - the PrivateKey as raw byte array.

Returns:

the deserialized PrivateKey.