1. /*

  2.  * @(#)PKCS8EncodedKeySpec.java	1.14 00/02/02

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 1997-2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  5.  * 

  6.  * This software is the proprietary information of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  

  7.  * Use is subject to license terms.

  8.  * 

  9.  */

  10. 

  11. package java.security.spec;

  12. 

  13. /**

  14.  * This class represents the ASN.1 encoding of a private key,

  15.  * encoded according to the ASN.1 type <code>PrivateKeyInfo</code>,

  16.  * whose syntax is defined in the PKCS#8 standard, as follows:

  17.  *

  18.  * <pre>

  19.  * PrivateKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE {

  20.  *   version Version,

  21.  *   privateKeyAlgorithm PrivateKeyAlgorithmIdentifier,

  22.  *   privateKey PrivateKey,

  23.  *   attributes [0] IMPLICIT Attributes OPTIONAL }

  24.  *

  25.  * Version ::= INTEGER

  26.  *

  27.  * PrivateKeyAlgorithmIdentifier ::= AlgorithmIdentifier

  28.  *

  29.  * PrivateKey ::= OCTET STRING

  30.  *

  31.  * Attributes ::= SET OF Attribute

  32.  * </pre>

  33.  *

  34.  * @author Jan Luehe

  35.  *

  36.  * @version 1.14, 02/02/00

  37.  *

  38.  * @see java.security.Key

  39.  * @see java.security.KeyFactory

  40.  * @see KeySpec

  41.  * @see EncodedKeySpec

  42.  * @see X509EncodedKeySpec

  43.  *

  44.  * @since 1.2

  45.  */

  46. 

  47. public class PKCS8EncodedKeySpec extends EncodedKeySpec {

  48. 

  49.     /**

  50.      * Creates a new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec with the given encoded key.

  51.      *

  52.      * @param encodedKey the key, which is assumed to be

  53.      * encoded according to the PKCS #8 standard.

  54.      */

  55.     public PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(byte[] encodedKey) {

  56. 	super(encodedKey);

  57.     }

  58. 

  59.     /**

  60.      * Returns the key bytes, encoded according to the PKCS #8 standard.

  61.      *

  62.      * @return the PKCS #8 encoding of the key.

  63.      */

  64.     public byte[] getEncoded() {

  65. 	return super.getEncoded();

  66.     }

  67. 

  68.     /**

  69.      * Returns the name of the encoding format associated with this

  70.      * key specification.

  71.      *

  72.      * @return the string <code>"PKCS#8"</code>.

  73.      */

  74.     public final String getFormat() {

  75. 	return "PKCS#8";

  76.     }

  77. }