com.ibm.crypto.fips.provider

Class AESSecretKey

java.lang.Object

com.ibm.crypto.fips.provider.AESSecretKey

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.security.Key, javax.crypto.SecretKey

public final class AESSecretKey
extends java.lang.Object
implements javax.crypto.SecretKey

This class represents a AES key.

Version:

1.00, 11/26/01

Author:

Paschalis Kaltsatis

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AESSecretKey(byte[] key) Create a AES key from a given key
AESSecretKey(byte[] key, int offset) Uses the first 16, 20, or 24 bytes (T) in key, beginning at offset, as the AES key.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getAlgorithm()
byte[]	getEncoded()
java.lang.String	getFormat()
void	zeroize() This function zeroizes the key so that it isn't in memory

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AESSecretKey

public AESSecretKey(byte[] key)
             throws java.security.InvalidKeyException

Create a AES key from a given key

Parameters:

key - the given key

Throws:

java.security.InvalidKeyException - if the given key has wrong size

AESSecretKey

public AESSecretKey(byte[] key,
            int offset)
             throws java.security.InvalidKeyException

Uses the first 16, 20, or 24 bytes (T) in key, beginning at offset, as the AES key.

Parameters:

key - the buffer with the AES key bytes.

offset - the offset in key, where the AES key bytes start.

Throws:

java.security.InvalidKeyException - if invalid number of bytes is left for the key.

Method Detail

getEncoded

public byte[] getEncoded()

Specified by:

getEncoded in interface java.security.Key

getAlgorithm

public java.lang.String getAlgorithm()

Specified by:

getAlgorithm in interface java.security.Key

getFormat

public java.lang.String getFormat()

Specified by:

getFormat in interface java.security.Key

zeroize

public void zeroize()

This function zeroizes the key so that it isn't in memory