KeypairGeneratorFactory (XiPKI :: security 6.2.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DfltKeypairGeneratorFactory
```
public interface KeypairGeneratorFactory
```
Factory to create KeypairGenerator.

Since:

6.0.0

Author:

Lijun Liao (xipki)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	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.