PKCS8EncodedKeySpec.java

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package java.security.spec;

/**
 * The key specification for an encoded private key in ASN.1 format as defined
 * in the PKCS#8 standard.
 */
public class PKCS8EncodedKeySpec extends EncodedKeySpec {

    /**
     * Creates a new {@code PKCS8EncodedKeySpec} with the specified encoded key
     * bytes.
     *
     * @param encodedKey
     *            the encoded key bytes.
     */
    public PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(byte[] encodedKey) {
        // Super class' ctor makes defensive parameter copy
        super(encodedKey);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a copy of the encoded key bytes.
     *
     * @return a copy of the encoded key bytes.
     */
    public byte[] getEncoded() {
        // Super class' getEncoded() always returns a new array
        return super.getEncoded();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the name of the encoding format of this encoded key
     * specification.
     *
     * @return the string "PKCS#8".
     */
    public final String getFormat() {
        return "PKCS#8";
    }
}