net.sf.mmm.crypto.asymmetric.key

Interface PublicKeyFactory<PU extends PublicKey>

Type Parameters:

PU - type of PublicKey.

All Known Subinterfaces:

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

All Known Implementing Classes:

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

public interface PublicKeyFactory<PU extends PublicKey>

Interface for factory to create instances of PublicKey.

Since:

1.0.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default net.sf.mmm.binary.api.Binary	asBinary(PU publicKey)
byte[]	asData(PU publicKey)
PU	createPublicKey(byte[] data)

Method Detail

asBinary

default net.sf.mmm.binary.api.Binary asBinary(PU publicKey)

Parameters:

publicKey - the PublicKey to serialize.

Returns:

the serialized Binary.

asData

byte[] asData(PU publicKey)

Parameters:

publicKey - the PublicKey to serialize.

Returns:

the serialized binary data.

createPublicKey

PU createPublicKey(byte[] data)

Parameters:

data - the PublicKey as raw byte array.

Returns:

the deserialized PublicKey.