KeyPair

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• The KeyPair class is a simple holder for a public and private key pair, and it does not inherently enforce any security measures.

• KeyPair objects should be treated with the same security precautions as PrivateKey objects, especially after initialization.

• This class provides methods to retrieve the public and private key components, namely getPublic() and getPrivate().

• KeyPair is constructed using a public and private key, storing immutable references to these keys for access.

public final class KeyPair extends Object
implements Serializable

This class is a simple holder for a key pair (a public key and a private key). It does not enforce any security, and, when initialized, should be treated like a PrivateKey.

See Also

• PublicKey
• PrivateKey

Public Constructor Summary

KeyPair(PublicKey publicKey, PrivateKey privateKey) Constructs a key pair from the given public key and private key.

Public Method Summary

PrivateKey	getPrivate() Returns a reference to the private key component of this key pair.
PublicKey	getPublic() Returns a reference to the public key component of this key pair.

Inherited Method Summary

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this Object.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal.
void	finalize() Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable.
final Class<?>	getClass() Returns the unique instance of Class that represents this object's class.
int	hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object.
final void	notify() Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
final void	notifyAll() Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
String	toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
final void	wait(long timeout, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait(long timeout) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait() Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object.

Public Constructors

public KeyPair (PublicKey publicKey, PrivateKey privateKey)

Constructs a key pair from the given public key and private key.

Note that this constructor only stores references to the public and private key components in the generated key pair. This is safe, because Key objects are immutable.

Parameters

publicKey	the public key.
privateKey	the private key.

Public Methods

public PrivateKey getPrivate ()

Returns a reference to the private key component of this key pair.

Returns

• a reference to the private key.

public PublicKey getPublic ()

Returns a reference to the public key component of this key pair.

Returns

• a reference to the public key.