gnu.crypto.key

Class KeyPairGeneratorFactory


public class KeyPairGeneratorFactory
extends java.lang.Object

A Factory to instantiate asymmetric keypair generators.

Version:
$Revision: 1.1 $

Method Summary

static IKeyPairGenerator
getInstance(String name)
Returns an instance of a keypair generator given its name.
static Set
getNames()
Returns a Set of keypair generator names supported by this Factory.

Method Details

getInstance

public static IKeyPairGenerator getInstance(String name)
Returns an instance of a keypair generator given its name.

Parameters:
name - the case-insensitive key generator name.

Returns:
an instance of the keypair generator, or null if none found.


getNames

public static final Set getNames()
Returns a Set of keypair generator names supported by this Factory. Those keypair generators may be used in conjunction with the digital signature schemes with appendix supported by this library.

Returns:
a Set of keypair generator names (Strings).


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