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Interface AsymmetricKey

All Superinterfaces:
DEREncodablePREVIEW, Key, Serializable
All Known Subinterfaces:
DHPrivateKey, DHPublicKey, DSAPrivateKey, DSAPublicKey, ECPrivateKey, ECPublicKey, EdECPrivateKey, EdECPublicKey, PrivateKey, PublicKey, RSAMultiPrimePrivateCrtKey, RSAPrivateCrtKey, RSAPrivateKey, RSAPublicKey, XECPrivateKey, XECPublicKey
public non-sealed interface AsymmetricKey extends Key, DEREncodablePREVIEW
An asymmetric key, which can be either a public key or a private key. This interface contains methods that are common to either a public key or a private key.
Since:
22

Field Summary

Fields declared in interface Key

serialVersionUID

Method Summary

Modifier and Type Method Description
default AlgorithmParameterSpec getParams()
Returns the parameters associated with this key.

Methods declared in interface Key

getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat

Method Details

getParams

default AlgorithmParameterSpec getParams()
Returns the parameters associated with this key. The parameters are optional and may be either explicitly specified or implicitly created during key pair generation.
Implementation Requirements:
The default implementation returns null.
Returns:
the associated parameters, may be null

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