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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</code> or 50 * <code>X509EncodedKeySpec</code>. 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</code> identifies the specification class in which 104 * the key material should be returned. It could, for example, be 105 * <code>DSAPublicKeySpec.class</code>, to indicate that the 106 * key material should be returned in an instance of the 107 * <code>DSAPublicKeySpec</code> class. 108 * 109 * @param key the key. 110 * 111 * @param keySpec the specification class in which 112 * the key material should be returned. 113 * 114 * @return the underlying key specification (key material) in an instance 115 * of the requested specification class. 116 117 * @exception InvalidKeySpecException if the requested key specification is 118 * inappropriate for the given key, or the given key cannot be dealt with 119 * (e.g., the given key has an unrecognized format). 120 */ 121 protected abstract <T extends KeySpec> engineGetKeySpec(Key key, Class<T> keySpec)122 T engineGetKeySpec(Key key, Class<T> keySpec) 123 throws InvalidKeySpecException; 124 125 /** 126 * Translates a key object, whose provider may be unknown or 127 * potentially untrusted, into a corresponding key object of this key 128 * factory. 129 * 130 * @param key the key whose provider is unknown or untrusted. 131 * 132 * @return the translated key. 133 * 134 * @exception InvalidKeyException if the given key cannot be processed 135 * by this key factory. 136 */ engineTranslateKey(Key key)137 protected abstract Key engineTranslateKey(Key key) 138 throws InvalidKeyException; 139 140 } 141