PrivateKeyInfoFactory (Bouncy Castle Library 1.68 API Specification)

java.lang.Object
- org.bouncycastle.pqc.crypto.util.PrivateKeyInfoFactory

```
public class PrivateKeyInfoFactory
extends java.lang.Object
```
Factory to create ASN.1 private key info objects from lightweight private keys.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static PrivateKeyInfo`	`createPrivateKeyInfo(AsymmetricKeyParameter privateKey)`	Create a PrivateKeyInfo representation of a private key.
`static PrivateKeyInfo`	`createPrivateKeyInfo(AsymmetricKeyParameter privateKey, ASN1Set attributes)`	Create a PrivateKeyInfo representation of a private key with attributes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - createPrivateKeyInfo
```
public static PrivateKeyInfo createPrivateKeyInfo(AsymmetricKeyParameter privateKey)
                                           throws java.io.IOException
```
    Create a PrivateKeyInfo representation of a private key.
    
    Parameters:
    
    privateKey - the key to be encoded into the info object.
    
    Returns:
    
    the appropriate PrivateKeyInfo
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - on an error encoding the key
  - createPrivateKeyInfo
```
public static PrivateKeyInfo createPrivateKeyInfo(AsymmetricKeyParameter privateKey,
                                                  ASN1Set attributes)
                                           throws java.io.IOException
```
    Create a PrivateKeyInfo representation of a private key with attributes.
    
    Parameters:
    
    privateKey - the key to be encoded into the info object.
    
    attributes - the set of attributes to be included.
    
    Returns:
    
    the appropriate PrivateKeyInfo
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - on an error encoding the key