Class PrivateKey

java.lang.Object

com.codename1.security.Key

com.codename1.security.PrivateKey

public final class PrivateKey
extends Key

A private key -- paired with a PublicKey to form a key pair. Carries the algorithm name ("RSA" or "EC") and the encoded key bytes.

For interop with PEM files (-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----) feed the PKCS#8 DER bytes to fromPkcs8(String, byte[]).

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static PrivateKey	fromPkcs8(String algorithm, byte[] pkcs8Der)	Wraps a PKCS#8 DER blob.
static PrivateKey	rsa(byte[] pkcs8Der)	Convenience: build an RSA PrivateKey from a fromPkcs8(String, byte[]) PKCS#8 blob.

Methods inherited from class Key

getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

fromPkcs8

public static PrivateKey fromPkcs8(String algorithm,
 byte[] pkcs8Der)

Wraps a PKCS#8 DER blob. This is the format produced by openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -nocrypt.

rsa

public static PrivateKey rsa(byte[] pkcs8Der)

Convenience: build an RSA PrivateKey from a fromPkcs8(String, byte[]) PKCS#8 blob.