org.bouncycastle.bcpg

Interface BCPGKey

Known Implementing Classes:
DSAPublicBCPGKey, DSASecretBCPGKey, ElGamalPublicBCPGKey, ElGamalSecretBCPGKey, RSAPublicBCPGKey, RSASecretBCPGKey

public interface BCPGKey

base interface for a PGP key

Method Summary

byte[]
getEncoded()
return a string of bytes giving the encoded format of the key, as described by it's format.
String
getFormat()
Return the base format for this key - in the case of the symmetric keys it will generally be raw indicating that the key is just a straight byte representation, for an asymmetric key the format will be PGP, indicating the key is a string of MPIs encoded in PGP format.

Method Details

getEncoded

public byte[] getEncoded()
return a string of bytes giving the encoded format of the key, as described by it's format.

Returns:
byte[]


getFormat

public String getFormat()
Return the base format for this key - in the case of the symmetric keys it will generally be raw indicating that the key is just a straight byte representation, for an asymmetric key the format will be PGP, indicating the key is a string of MPIs encoded in PGP format.

Returns:
"RAW" or "PGP"