Java Cryptography

Name

Class java.security.spec.PKCS8EncodedKeySpec

Description

This class represents the PKCS#8 encoding of a private key; the key is encoded in DER format. This is the class that is typically used when dealing with DSA private keys in a key factory.

Class Definition

public class java.security.spec.PKCS8EncodedKeySpec
  extends java.security.spec.EncodedKeySpec {

  // Constructors
  public PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(byte[]);

  // Instance Methods
  public byte[] getEncoded();
  public final String getFormat();
}

See Also

EncodedKeySpec, X509EncodedKeySpec