/* * Copyright (c) 1996, 2003, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * ORACLE PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ package java.security; import java.util.*; /** * This class is a simple holder for a key pair (a public key and a * private key). It does not enforce any security, and, when initialized, * should be treated like a PrivateKey. * * @see PublicKey * @see PrivateKey * * @author Benjamin Renaud */ public final class KeyPair implements java.io.Serializable { private static final long serialVersionUID = -7565189502268009837L; private PrivateKey privateKey; private PublicKey publicKey; /** * Constructs a key pair from the given public key and private key. * *
Note that this constructor only stores references to the public
* and private key components in the generated key pair. This is safe,
* because Key
objects are immutable.
*
* @param publicKey the public key.
*
* @param privateKey the private key.
*/
public KeyPair(PublicKey publicKey, PrivateKey privateKey) {
this.publicKey = publicKey;
this.privateKey = privateKey;
}
/**
* Returns a reference to the public key component of this key pair.
*
* @return a reference to the public key.
*/
public PublicKey getPublic() {
return publicKey;
}
/**
* Returns a reference to the private key component of this key pair.
*
* @return a reference to the private key.
*/
public PrivateKey getPrivate() {
return privateKey;
}
}