BCPGKey (Bouncy Castle Library 1.68 API Specification)

All Superinterfaces:

org.bouncycastle.util.Encodable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DSAPublicBCPGKey, DSASecretBCPGKey, ECDHPublicBCPGKey, ECDSAPublicBCPGKey, ECPublicBCPGKey, ECSecretBCPGKey, EdDSAPublicBCPGKey, EdSecretBCPGKey, ElGamalPublicBCPGKey, ElGamalSecretBCPGKey, RSAPublicBCPGKey, RSASecretBCPGKey
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public interface BCPGKey
extends org.bouncycastle.util.Encodable
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base interface for a PGP key

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`byte[]`	`getEncoded()`	return a string of bytes giving the encoded format of the key, as described by it's format.
`java.lang.String`	`getFormat()`	Return the base format for this key - in the case of the symmetric keys it will generally be raw indicating that the key is just a straight byte representation, for an asymmetric key the format will be PGP, indicating the key is a string of MPIs encoded in PGP format.

- Method Detail
  - getFormat
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java.lang.String getFormat()
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    Return the base format for this key - in the case of the symmetric keys it will generally be raw indicating that the key is just a straight byte representation, for an asymmetric key the format will be PGP, indicating the key is a string of MPIs encoded in PGP format.
    
    Returns:
    
    "RAW" or "PGP"
  - getEncoded
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byte[] getEncoded()
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    return a string of bytes giving the encoded format of the key, as described by it's format.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getEncoded in interface org.bouncycastle.util.Encodable
    
    Returns:
    
    byte[]