/* * Copyright (c) 1997, 1999, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * ORACLE PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ package java.security; import java.security.spec.AlgorithmParameterSpec; /** *
This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI)
* for the KeyPairGenerator
class, which is used to generate
* pairs of public and private keys.
*
*
All the abstract methods in this class must be implemented by each * cryptographic service provider who wishes to supply the implementation * of a key pair generator for a particular algorithm. * *
In case the client does not explicitly initialize the KeyPairGenerator
* (via a call to an initialize
method), each provider must
* supply (and document) a default initialization.
* For example, the Sun provider uses a default modulus size (keysize)
* of 1024 bits.
*
* @author Benjamin Renaud
*
*
* @see KeyPairGenerator
* @see java.security.spec.AlgorithmParameterSpec
*/
public abstract class KeyPairGeneratorSpi {
/**
* Initializes the key pair generator for a certain keysize, using
* the default parameter set.
*
* @param keysize the keysize. This is an
* algorithm-specific metric, such as modulus length, specified in
* number of bits.
*
* @param random the source of randomness for this generator.
*
* @exception InvalidParameterException if the keysize
is not
* supported by this KeyPairGeneratorSpi object.
*/
public abstract void initialize(int keysize, SecureRandom random);
/**
* Initializes the key pair generator using the specified parameter
* set and user-provided source of randomness.
*
*
This concrete method has been added to this previously-defined * abstract class. (For backwards compatibility, it cannot be abstract.) * It may be overridden by a provider to initialize the key pair * generator. Such an override * is expected to throw an InvalidAlgorithmParameterException if * a parameter is inappropriate for this key pair generator. * If this method is not overridden, it always throws an * UnsupportedOperationException. * * @param params the parameter set used to generate the keys. * * @param random the source of randomness for this generator. * * @exception InvalidAlgorithmParameterException if the given parameters * are inappropriate for this key pair generator. * * @since 1.2 */ public void initialize(AlgorithmParameterSpec params, SecureRandom random) throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException { throw new UnsupportedOperationException(); } /** * Generates a key pair. Unless an initialization method is called * using a KeyPairGenerator interface, algorithm-specific defaults * will be used. This will generate a new key pair every time it * is called. * * @return the newly generated KeyPair */ public abstract KeyPair generateKeyPair(); }