package javax.crypto.interfaces;
import javax.crypto.SecretKey;
/**
* The interface to a PBE key.
*
* @see PBEKeySpec, SecretKey
*/
public interface PBEKey
extends SecretKey
{
/**
* Returns the password.
*
* Note: this method should return a copy of the password. It is the
* caller's responsibility to zero out the password information after it is
* no longer needed.
*
* @return the password.
*/
public char[] getPassword();
/**
* Returns the salt or null if not specified.
*
* Note: this method should return a copy of the salt. It is the caller's
* responsibility to zero out the salt information after it is no longer
* needed.
*
* @return the salt.
*/
public byte[] getSalt();
/**
* Returns the iteration count or 0 if not specified.
*
* @return the iteration count.
*/
public int getIterationCount();
}