org.gudy.bouncycastle.crypto.generators
Class ElGamalKeyPairGenerator

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.gudy.bouncycastle.crypto.generators.ElGamalKeyPairGenerator
All Implemented Interfaces:
AsymmetricCipherKeyPairGenerator

public class ElGamalKeyPairGenerator
extends Object
implements AsymmetricCipherKeyPairGenerator

a ElGamal key pair generator.

This generates keys consistent for use with ElGamal as described in page 164 of "Handbook of Applied Cryptography".


Constructor Summary
ElGamalKeyPairGenerator()
           
 
Method Summary
 AsymmetricCipherKeyPair generateKeyPair()
          return an AsymmetricCipherKeyPair containing the generated keys.
 void init(KeyGenerationParameters param)
          intialise the key pair generator.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

ElGamalKeyPairGenerator

public ElGamalKeyPairGenerator()
Method Detail

init

public void init(KeyGenerationParameters param)
Description copied from interface: AsymmetricCipherKeyPairGenerator
intialise the key pair generator.

Specified by:
init in interface AsymmetricCipherKeyPairGenerator

generateKeyPair

public AsymmetricCipherKeyPair generateKeyPair()
Description copied from interface: AsymmetricCipherKeyPairGenerator
return an AsymmetricCipherKeyPair containing the generated keys.

Specified by:
generateKeyPair in interface AsymmetricCipherKeyPairGenerator
Returns:
an AsymmetricCipherKeyPair containing the generated keys.