Package java.security
Provides the classes and interfaces for the security framework. This includes classes that implement an easily configurable, fine-grained access control security architecture. This package also supports the generation and storage of cryptographic public key pairs, as well as a number of exportable cryptographic operations including those for message digest and signature generation. Finally, this package provides classes that support signed/guarded objects and secure random number generation. Many of the classes provided in this package (the cryptographic and secure random number generator classes in particular) are provider-based. The class itself defines a programming interface to which applications may write. The implementations themselves may then be written by independent third-party vendors and plugged in seamlessly as needed. Therefore application developers may take advantage of any number of provider-based implementations without having to add or rewrite code.
- Since:
- 1.1
Interface | Description |
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AlgorithmConstraints | This interface specifies constraints for cryptographic algorithms, keys (key sizes), and other algorithm parameters. |
Certificate | Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. This class is deprecated and subject to removal in a future version of Java SE. |
DomainCombiner | A |
Guard | This interface represents a guard, which is an object that is used to protect access to another object. |
Key | The Key interface is the top-level interface for all keys. |
KeyStore.Entry | A marker interface for |
KeyStore.Entry.Attribute | An attribute associated with a keystore entry. |
KeyStore.LoadStoreParameter | |
KeyStore.ProtectionParameter | A marker interface for keystore protection parameters. |
Policy.Parameters | This represents a marker interface for Policy parameters. |
Principal | This interface represents the abstract notion of a principal, which can be used to represent any entity, such as an individual, a corporation, and a login id. |
PrivateKey | A private key. |
PrivilegedAction<T> | A computation to be performed with privileges enabled. |
PrivilegedExceptionAction<T> | A computation to be performed with privileges enabled, that throws one or more checked exceptions. |
PublicKey | A public key. |
SecureRandomParameters | A marker interface for parameters used in various |
Class | Description |
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AccessControlContext | An AccessControlContext is used to make system resource access decisions based on the context it encapsulates. |
AccessController | The AccessController class is used for access control operations and decisions. |
AlgorithmParameterGenerator | The |
AlgorithmParameterGeneratorSpi | This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the |
AlgorithmParameters | This class is used as an opaque representation of cryptographic parameters. |
AlgorithmParametersSpi | This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the |
AllPermission | The AllPermission is a permission that implies all other permissions. |
AuthProvider | This class defines login and logout methods for a provider. |
BasicPermission | The BasicPermission class extends the Permission class, and can be used as the base class for permissions that want to follow the same naming convention as BasicPermission. |
CodeSigner | This class encapsulates information about a code signer. |
CodeSource | This class extends the concept of a codebase to encapsulate not only the location (URL) but also the certificate chains that were used to verify signed code originating from that location. |
DigestInputStream | A transparent stream that updates the associated message digest using the bits going through the stream. |
DigestOutputStream | A transparent stream that updates the associated message digest using the bits going through the stream. |
DomainLoadStoreParameter | Configuration data that specifies the keystores in a keystore domain. |
DrbgParameters | This class specifies the parameters used by a DRBG (Deterministic Random Bit Generator). |
DrbgParameters.Instantiation | DRBG parameters for instantiation. |
DrbgParameters.NextBytes | DRBG parameters for random bits generation. |
DrbgParameters.Reseed | DRBG parameters for reseed. |
GuardedObject | A GuardedObject is an object that is used to protect access to another object. |
Identity | Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. This class is deprecated and subject to removal in a future version of Java SE. |
IdentityScope | Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. This class is deprecated and subject to removal in a future version of Java SE. |
KeyFactory | Key factories are used to convert keys (opaque cryptographic keys of type |
KeyFactorySpi | This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the |
KeyPair | This class is a simple holder for a key pair (a public key and a private key). |
KeyPairGenerator | The KeyPairGenerator class is used to generate pairs of public and private keys. |
KeyPairGeneratorSpi | This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the |
KeyRep | Standardized representation for serialized Key objects. |
KeyStore | This class represents a storage facility for cryptographic keys and certificates. |
KeyStore.Builder | A description of a to-be-instantiated KeyStore object. |
KeyStore.CallbackHandlerProtection | A ProtectionParameter encapsulating a CallbackHandler. |
KeyStore.PasswordProtection | A password-based implementation of |
KeyStore.PrivateKeyEntry | A |
KeyStore.SecretKeyEntry | A |
KeyStore.TrustedCertificateEntry | A |
KeyStoreSpi | This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the |
MessageDigest | This MessageDigest class provides applications the functionality of a message digest algorithm, such as SHA-1 or SHA-256. |
MessageDigestSpi | This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the |
Permission | Abstract class for representing access to a system resource. |
PermissionCollection | Abstract class representing a collection of Permission objects. |
Permissions | This class represents a heterogeneous collection of Permissions. |
PKCS12Attribute | An attribute associated with a PKCS12 keystore entry. |
Policy | A Policy object is responsible for determining whether code executing in the Java runtime environment has permission to perform a security-sensitive operation. |
PolicySpi | This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the |
ProtectionDomain | The ProtectionDomain class encapsulates the characteristics of a domain, which encloses a set of classes whose instances are granted a set of permissions when being executed on behalf of a given set of Principals. |
Provider | This class represents a "provider" for the Java Security API, where a provider implements some or all parts of Java Security. |
Provider.Service | The description of a security service. |
SecureClassLoader | This class extends ClassLoader with additional support for defining classes with an associated code source and permissions which are retrieved by the system policy by default. |
SecureRandom | This class provides a cryptographically strong random number generator (RNG). |
SecureRandomSpi | This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the |
Security | This class centralizes all security properties and common security methods. |
SecurityPermission | This class is for security permissions. |
Signature | The Signature class is used to provide applications the functionality of a digital signature algorithm. |
SignatureSpi | This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the |
SignedObject | SignedObject is a class for the purpose of creating authentic runtime objects whose integrity cannot be compromised without being detected. |
Signer | Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. This class is deprecated and subject to removal in a future version of Java SE. |
Timestamp | This class encapsulates information about a signed timestamp. |
UnresolvedPermission | The UnresolvedPermission class is used to hold Permissions that were "unresolved" when the Policy was initialized. |
URIParameter | A parameter that contains a URI pointing to data intended for a PolicySpi or ConfigurationSpi implementation. |
Enum | Description |
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CryptoPrimitive | An enumeration of cryptographic primitives. |
DrbgParameters.Capability | The reseedable and prediction resistance capabilities of a DRBG. |
KeyRep.Type | Key type. |
Exception | Description |
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AccessControlException | This exception is thrown by the AccessController to indicate that a requested access (to a critical system resource such as the file system or the network) is denied. |
DigestException | This is the generic Message Digest exception. |
GeneralSecurityException | The |
InvalidAlgorithmParameterException | This is the exception for invalid or inappropriate algorithm parameters. |
InvalidKeyException | This is the exception for invalid Keys (invalid encoding, wrong length, uninitialized, etc). |
InvalidParameterException | This exception, designed for use by the JCA/JCE engine classes, is thrown when an invalid parameter is passed to a method. |
KeyException | This is the basic key exception. |
KeyManagementException | This is the general key management exception for all operations dealing with key management. |
KeyStoreException | This is the generic KeyStore exception. |
NoSuchAlgorithmException | This exception is thrown when a particular cryptographic algorithm is requested but is not available in the environment. |
NoSuchProviderException | This exception is thrown when a particular security provider is requested but is not available in the environment. |
PrivilegedActionException | This exception is thrown by |
ProviderException | A runtime exception for Provider exceptions (such as misconfiguration errors or unrecoverable internal errors), which may be subclassed by Providers to throw specialized, provider-specific runtime errors. |
SignatureException | This is the generic Signature exception. |
UnrecoverableEntryException | This exception is thrown if an entry in the keystore cannot be recovered. |
UnrecoverableKeyException | This exception is thrown if a key in the keystore cannot be recovered. |