1. /*

  2.  * @(#)PKCS8EncodedKeySpec.java	1.17 03/01/23

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

  5.  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.

  6.  */

  7. 

  8. package java.security.spec;

  9. 

  10. /**

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

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

  13.  * The <code>PrivateKeyInfo</code> syntax is defined in the PKCS#8 standard

  14.  * as follows:

  15.  *

  16.  * <pre>

  17.  * PrivateKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE {

  18.  *   version Version,

  19.  *   privateKeyAlgorithm PrivateKeyAlgorithmIdentifier,

  20.  *   privateKey PrivateKey,

  21.  *   attributes [0] IMPLICIT Attributes OPTIONAL }

  22.  *

  23.  * Version ::= INTEGER

  24.  *

  25.  * PrivateKeyAlgorithmIdentifier ::= AlgorithmIdentifier

  26.  *

  27.  * PrivateKey ::= OCTET STRING

  28.  *

  29.  * Attributes ::= SET OF Attribute

  30.  * </pre>

  31.  *

  32.  * @author Jan Luehe

  33.  *

  34.  * @version 1.17, 01/23/03

  35.  *

  36.  * @see java.security.Key

  37.  * @see java.security.KeyFactory

  38.  * @see KeySpec

  39.  * @see EncodedKeySpec

  40.  * @see X509EncodedKeySpec

  41.  *

  42.  * @since 1.2

  43.  */

  44. 

  45. public class PKCS8EncodedKeySpec extends EncodedKeySpec {

  46. 

  47.     /**

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

  49.      *

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

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

  52.      */

  53.     public PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(byte[] encodedKey) {

  54. 	super(encodedKey);

  55.     }

  56. 

  57.     /**

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

  59.      *

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

  61.      */

  62.     public byte[] getEncoded() {

  63. 	return super.getEncoded();

  64.     }

  65. 

  66.     /**

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

  68.      * key specification.

  69.      *

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

  71.      */

  72.     public final String getFormat() {

  73. 	return "PKCS#8";

  74.     }

  75. }