javax.crypto
Interface SecretKey
All Superinterfaces:
java.security.Key, java.io.Serializable
All known subinterfaces:
All known implementing classes:
- public interface SecretKey
- extends java.security.Key
This interface contains no methods or constants. Its only purpose is to group (and provide type safety for) secret keys.
Provider implementations of this interface must overwrite the
equals
and hashCode
methods inherited from
java.lang.Object
, so that secret keys are compared based on
their underlying key material and not based on reference.
Keys that implement this interface return the string RAW
as their encoding format (see getFormat
), and return the
raw key bytes as the result of a getEncoded
method call. (The
getFormat
and getEncoded
methods are inherited
from the java.security.Key
parent interface.)
Since:
1.4
Version:
1.20, 01/14/04
Author:
Jan Luehe
See Also:
Field Summary
Modifier and Type | Field and Description |
---|---|
|
serialVersionUID
The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization
compatibility since J2SE 1.4.
|
Method Summary
Methods inherited from interface java.security.Key |
---|
getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat |
Field Detail
serialVersionUID
- static final long serialVersionUID
The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization
compatibility since J2SE 1.4.
See Also: