JXTA in a Nutshell

Name

KeyBuilder

Synopsis

This class is used to create keys in the standard JXTA binding. The buildKey( ) method is used to create secret keys (either DES or RC4) or RSA keys, based on the type passed to the method. Once the key is returned, it needs to be initialized. Initialization is specific to the type of key returned, which will be either a secret key or an RSA key. Use of this class is common, since it’s the basic way to create keys.

public class KeyBuilder {
// Public Constructors
   public KeyBuilder();  
// Public Constants
   public static final short LENGTH_RC4;                        
 // =128
   public static final short LENGTH_RSA_512;                    
 // =512
   public static final short LENGTH_RSA_MIN;                    
// =384
   public static final byte TYPE_DES;                           
// =4
   public static final byte TYPE_RC4;                           
// =8
   public static final byte TYPE_RSA;                           
// =3
   public static final byte TYPE_RSA_PRIVATE;                   
// =2
   public static final byte TYPE_RSA_PUBLIC;                    
// =1
                  // Public Class Methods
   public static jxta.security.cipher.Key buildKey(byte keyType, short keyLength, boolean notUsed) 
       throws jxta.security.exceptions.CryptoException; 
}