org.xipki.security

Interface KeypairGeneratorFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DfltKeypairGeneratorFactory

public interface KeypairGeneratorFactory

Factory to create KeypairGenerator.

Since:

6.0.0

Author:

Lijun Liao

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canCreateKeypairGenerator(String type) Indicates whether a signer of the given type can be created or not.
Set<String>	getSupportedKeypairTypes() Retrieves the types of supported signers.
KeypairGenerator	newKeypairGenerator(String type, String conf, SecurityFactory securityFactory) Creates a new keypair generator.

Method Detail

getSupportedKeypairTypes

Set<String> getSupportedKeypairTypes()

Retrieves the types of supported signers.

Returns:

lower-case types of supported signers, never null.

canCreateKeypairGenerator

boolean canCreateKeypairGenerator(String type)

Indicates whether a signer of the given type can be created or not.

Parameters:

type - Type of the signer. Must not be null.

Returns:

true if signer of the given type can be created, false otherwise.

newKeypairGenerator

KeypairGenerator newKeypairGenerator(String type,
                                     String conf,
                                     SecurityFactory securityFactory)
                              throws org.xipki.util.exception.ObjectCreationException

Creates a new keypair generator.

Parameters:

type - Type of the keypair generator. Must not be null.

conf - Configuration of the keypair generator. May be null.

securityFactory - SecurityFactory.

Returns:

new keypair generator.

Throws:

org.xipki.util.exception.ObjectCreationException - if signer could not be created.