gnu.crypto.key

Class KeyPairGeneratorFactory


public class KeyPairGeneratorFactory
extends Object

A Factory to instantiate asymmetric keypair generators.
Version:
$Revision: 1.2 $

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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