Package org.bouncycastle.crypto.util

Class PrivateKeyFactory

java.lang.Object

org.bouncycastle.crypto.util.PrivateKeyFactory

public class PrivateKeyFactory
extends Object

Factory for creating private key objects from PKCS8 PrivateKeyInfo objects.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PrivateKeyFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static AsymmetricKeyParameter	createKey(byte[] privateKeyInfoData)	Create a private key parameter from a PKCS8 PrivateKeyInfo encoding.
static AsymmetricKeyParameter	createKey(InputStream inStr)	Create a private key parameter from a PKCS8 PrivateKeyInfo encoding read from a stream.
static AsymmetricKeyParameter	createKey(PrivateKeyInfo keyInfo)	Create a private key parameter from the passed in PKCS8 PrivateKeyInfo object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

PrivateKeyFactory

public PrivateKeyFactory()

Method Details

createKey

public static AsymmetricKeyParameter createKey(byte[] privateKeyInfoData)
                                        throws IOException

Create a private key parameter from a PKCS8 PrivateKeyInfo encoding.

Parameters:

privateKeyInfoData - the PrivateKeyInfo encoding

Returns:

a suitable private key parameter

Throws:

IOException - on an error decoding the key

createKey

public static AsymmetricKeyParameter createKey(InputStream inStr)
                                        throws IOException

Create a private key parameter from a PKCS8 PrivateKeyInfo encoding read from a stream.

Parameters:

inStr - the stream to read the PrivateKeyInfo encoding from

Returns:

a suitable private key parameter

Throws:

IOException - on an error decoding the key

createKey

public static AsymmetricKeyParameter createKey(PrivateKeyInfo keyInfo)
                                        throws IOException

Create a private key parameter from the passed in PKCS8 PrivateKeyInfo object.

Parameters:

keyInfo - the PrivateKeyInfo object containing the key material

Returns:

a suitable private key parameter

Throws:

IOException - on an error decoding the key