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25 
26 package java.security;
27 
28 import java.security.spec.KeySpec;
29 import java.security.spec.InvalidKeySpecException;
30 
31 /**
32  * This class defines the <i>Service Provider Interface</i> (<b>SPI</b>)
33  * for the {@code KeyFactory} class.
34  * All the abstract methods in this class must be implemented by each
35  * cryptographic service provider who wishes to supply the implementation
36  * of a key factory for a particular algorithm.
37  *
38  * <P> Key factories are used to convert <I>keys</I> (opaque
39  * cryptographic keys of type {@code Key}) into <I>key specifications</I>
40  * (transparent representations of the underlying key material), and vice
41  * versa.
42  *
43  * <P> Key factories are bi-directional. That is, they allow you to build an
44  * opaque key object from a given key specification (key material), or to
45  * retrieve the underlying key material of a key object in a suitable format.
46  *
47  * <P> Multiple compatible key specifications may exist for the same key.
48  * For example, a DSA public key may be specified using
49  * {@code DSAPublicKeySpec} or
50  * {@code X509EncodedKeySpec}. A key factory can be used to translate
51  * between compatible key specifications.
52  *
53  * <P> A provider should document all the key specifications supported by its
54  * key factory.
55  *
56  * @author Jan Luehe
57  *
58  *
59  * @see KeyFactory
60  * @see Key
61  * @see PublicKey
62  * @see PrivateKey
63  * @see java.security.spec.KeySpec
64  * @see java.security.spec.DSAPublicKeySpec
65  * @see java.security.spec.X509EncodedKeySpec
66  *
67  * @since 1.2
68  */
69 
70 public abstract class KeyFactorySpi {
71 
72     /**
73      * Generates a public key object from the provided key
74      * specification (key material).
75      *
76      * @param keySpec the specification (key material) of the public key.
77      *
78      * @return the public key.
79      *
80      * @exception InvalidKeySpecException if the given key specification
81      * is inappropriate for this key factory to produce a public key.
82      */
engineGeneratePublic(KeySpec keySpec)83     protected abstract PublicKey engineGeneratePublic(KeySpec keySpec)
84         throws InvalidKeySpecException;
85 
86     /**
87      * Generates a private key object from the provided key
88      * specification (key material).
89      *
90      * @param keySpec the specification (key material) of the private key.
91      *
92      * @return the private key.
93      *
94      * @exception InvalidKeySpecException if the given key specification
95      * is inappropriate for this key factory to produce a private key.
96      */
engineGeneratePrivate(KeySpec keySpec)97     protected abstract PrivateKey engineGeneratePrivate(KeySpec keySpec)
98         throws InvalidKeySpecException;
99 
100     /**
101      * Returns a specification (key material) of the given key
102      * object.
103      * {@code keySpec} identifies the specification class in which
104      * the key material should be returned. It could, for example, be
105      * {@code DSAPublicKeySpec.class}, to indicate that the
106      * key material should be returned in an instance of the
107      * {@code DSAPublicKeySpec} class.
108      *
109      * @param <T> the type of the key specification to be returned
110      *
111      * @param key the key.
112      *
113      * @param keySpec the specification class in which
114      * the key material should be returned.
115      *
116      * @return the underlying key specification (key material) in an instance
117      * of the requested specification class.
118 
119      * @exception InvalidKeySpecException if the requested key specification is
120      * inappropriate for the given key, or the given key cannot be dealt with
121      * (e.g., the given key has an unrecognized format).
122      */
123     protected abstract <T extends KeySpec>
engineGetKeySpec(Key key, Class<T> keySpec)124         T engineGetKeySpec(Key key, Class<T> keySpec)
125         throws InvalidKeySpecException;
126 
127     /**
128      * Translates a key object, whose provider may be unknown or
129      * potentially untrusted, into a corresponding key object of this key
130      * factory.
131      *
132      * @param key the key whose provider is unknown or untrusted.
133      *
134      * @return the translated key.
135      *
136      * @exception InvalidKeyException if the given key cannot be processed
137      * by this key factory.
138      */
engineTranslateKey(Key key)139     protected abstract Key engineTranslateKey(Key key)
140         throws InvalidKeyException;
141 
142 }
143