AsymmetricKey

All Superinterfaces:

Key

All Known Subinterfaces:

AsymmetricPrivateKey, AsymmetricPublicKey

All Known Implementing Classes:

AsymmetricDHKey, AsymmetricDHPrivateKey, AsymmetricDHPublicKey, AsymmetricDSAKey, AsymmetricDSAPrivateKey, AsymmetricDSAPublicKey, AsymmetricDSTU4145Key, AsymmetricDSTU4145PrivateKey, AsymmetricDSTU4145PublicKey, AsymmetricECGOST3410PrivateKey, AsymmetricECGOST3410PublicKey, AsymmetricECKey, AsymmetricECPrivateKey, AsymmetricECPublicKey, AsymmetricEdDSAKey, AsymmetricEdDSAPrivateKey, AsymmetricEdDSAPublicKey, AsymmetricGOST3410Key, AsymmetricGOST3410PrivateKey, AsymmetricGOST3410PublicKey, AsymmetricRSAKey, AsymmetricRSAPrivateKey, AsymmetricRSAPublicKey, AsymmetricXDHKey, AsymmetricXDHPrivateKey, AsymmetricXDHPublicKey
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public interface AsymmetricKey
extends Key
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Base interface for Public/Private keys.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`byte[]`	`getEncoded()`	Return an ASN.1 encoding of the key wrapped in a PrivateKeyInfo or a SubjectPublicKeyInfo structure.

Methods inherited from interface org.bouncycastle.crypto.Key
equals, getAlgorithm, hashCode

- Method Detail
  - getEncoded
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byte[] getEncoded()
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    Return an ASN.1 encoding of the key wrapped in a PrivateKeyInfo or a SubjectPublicKeyInfo structure.
    
    Returns:
    
    an encoding of a PrivateKeyInfo or a SubjectPublicKeyInfo structure.