gnu.crypto.key

Class KeyPairGeneratorFactory

public class KeyPairGeneratorFactory extends Object

A Factory to instantiate asymmetric keypair generators.

Version: $Revision: 1.2 $

Method Summary
static IKeyPairGeneratorgetInstance(String name)

Returns an instance of a keypair generator given its name.

static SetgetNames()

Returns a Set of keypair generator names supported by this Factory.

Method Detail

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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