org.gudy.bouncycastle.crypto
Class CipherKeyGenerator

java.lang.Object
  org.gudy.bouncycastle.crypto.CipherKeyGenerator

Direct Known Subclasses:

DESKeyGenerator

public class CipherKeyGenerator
extends java.lang.Object

The base class for symmetric, or secret, cipher key generators.

Field Summary

protected java.security.SecureRandom	random
protected int	strength

Constructor Summary

CipherKeyGenerator()

Method Summary

byte[]	generateKey() generate a secret key.
void	init(KeyGenerationParameters param) initialise the key generator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

random

protected java.security.SecureRandom random

strength

protected int strength

Constructor Detail

CipherKeyGenerator

public CipherKeyGenerator()

Method Detail

init

public void init(KeyGenerationParameters param)

initialise the key generator.

Parameters:

param - the parameters to be used for key generation

generateKey

public byte[] generateKey()

generate a secret key.

Returns:

a byte array containing the key value.