org.jscience.util
Class CypherKey

java.lang.Object
  org.jscience.util.CypherKey

All Implemented Interfaces:

SynchronousKey

public class CypherKey
extends java.lang.Object
implements SynchronousKey

CypherKey provides a very easy-to-use, yet effective encryption mechanism. The key (including the password) is transient.

Constructor Summary

CypherKey(char[] password)
Creates a new CypherKey object.

CypherKey(java.lang.String algorithm, byte[] salt, int iterationCount, char[] password)
Creates a new CypherKey object.

Method Summary

byte[]	decode(byte[] encrypted) decodes the given byte array
byte[]	encode(byte[] plainSource) DOCUMENT ME!
java.lang.String	getKeySignature() DOCUMENT ME!

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CypherKey

public CypherKey(char[] password)
          throws java.security.GeneralSecurityException

Creates a new CypherKey object.

Parameters:

password - DOCUMENT ME!

Throws:

java.security.GeneralSecurityException - DOCUMENT ME!

CypherKey

public CypherKey(java.lang.String algorithm,
                 byte[] salt,
                 int iterationCount,
                 char[] password)
          throws java.security.GeneralSecurityException

Creates a new CypherKey object.

Parameters:

algorithm - DOCUMENT ME!

salt - DOCUMENT ME!

iterationCount - DOCUMENT ME!

password - DOCUMENT ME!

Throws:

java.security.GeneralSecurityException - DOCUMENT ME!

Method Detail

decode

public byte[] decode(byte[] encrypted)

Description copied from interface: SynchronousKey

decodes the given byte array

Specified by:

decode in interface SynchronousKey

Parameters:

encrypted - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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encode

public byte[] encode(byte[] plainSource)

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Specified by:

encode in interface SynchronousKey

Parameters:

plainSource - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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Throws:

java.lang.RuntimeException - DOCUMENT ME!

getKeySignature

public java.lang.String getKeySignature()

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Specified by:

getKeySignature in interface SynchronousKey

Returns:

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