org.bouncycastle.crypto.util

Class PrivateKeyInfoFactory

java.lang.Object

org.bouncycastle.crypto.util.PrivateKeyInfoFactory

public class PrivateKeyInfoFactory
extends Object

Factory to create ASN.1 private key info objects from lightweight private keys.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static PrivateKeyInfo	createPrivateKeyInfo(AsymmetricKeyParameter privateKey) Create a PrivateKeyInfo representation of a private key.
static PrivateKeyInfo	createPrivateKeyInfo(AsymmetricKeyParameter privateKey, ASN1Set attributes) Create a PrivateKeyInfo representation of a private key with attributes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

createPrivateKeyInfo

public static PrivateKeyInfo createPrivateKeyInfo(AsymmetricKeyParameter privateKey)
                                           throws IOException

Create a PrivateKeyInfo representation of a private key.

Parameters:

privateKey - the key to be encoded into the info object.

Returns:

the appropriate PrivateKeyInfo

Throws:

IOException - on an error encoding the key

createPrivateKeyInfo

public static PrivateKeyInfo createPrivateKeyInfo(AsymmetricKeyParameter privateKey,
                                                  ASN1Set attributes)
                                           throws IOException

Create a PrivateKeyInfo representation of a private key with attributes.

Parameters:

privateKey - the key to be encoded into the info object.

attributes - the set of attributes to be included.

Returns:

the appropriate PrivateKeyInfo

Throws:

IOException - on an error encoding the key