SecurityProtocol (SNMP4J 3.7.0)

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

AuthenticationProtocol, PrivacyProtocol

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthGeneric, AuthHMAC128SHA224, AuthHMAC192SHA256, AuthHMAC256SHA384, AuthHMAC384SHA512, AuthMD5, AuthSHA, AuthSHA2, Priv3DES, PrivacyGeneric, PrivAES, PrivAES128, PrivAES192, PrivAES192With3DESKeyExtension, PrivAES256, PrivAES256With3DESKeyExtension, PrivAESWith3DESKeyExtension, PrivDES
```
public interface SecurityProtocol
extends Serializable
```
The SecurityProtocol class defines common methods of authentication and privacy protocols.

Version:

2.6.0

Author:

Frank Fock, Jochen Katz

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`OID`	`getID()`	Gets the OID uniquely identifying the privacy protocol.
`int`	`getMaxKeyLength()`	Get the maximum length of the key in bytes for this security protocol.
`boolean`	`isSupported()`	Checks whether this security protocol is actually supported by this Java runtime environment.

- Method Detail
  - getID
```
OID getID()
```
    Gets the OID uniquely identifying the privacy protocol.
    
    Returns:
    
    an OID instance.
  - isSupported
```
boolean isSupported()
```
    Checks whether this security protocol is actually supported by this Java runtime environment.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this security protocol is supported, false otherwise.
    
    Since:
    
    2.5.0
  - getMaxKeyLength
```
int getMaxKeyLength()
```
    Get the maximum length of the key in bytes for this security protocol.
    
    Returns:
    
    the (maximum) length of the security protocols key.
    
    Since:
    
    2.6.0