KeyStore.Entry

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• KeyStore.Entry is a marker interface for different types of entries within a KeyStore.

• It has known indirect subclasses like PrivateKeyEntry, SecretKeyEntry, and TrustedCertificateEntry for storing different kinds of security credentials.

• The getAttributes() method allows retrieval of entry-specific attributes, returning an empty set by default.

• A nested interface, KeyStore.Entry.Attribute, is used to represent attributes associated with a keystore entry.

public static interface KeyStore.Entry

Known Indirect Subclasses KeyStore.PrivateKeyEntry, KeyStore.SecretKeyEntry, KeyStore.TrustedCertificateEntry KeyStore.PrivateKeyEntry A KeyStore entry that holds a PrivateKey and corresponding certificate chain.  KeyStore.SecretKeyEntry A KeyStore entry that holds a SecretKey.  KeyStore.TrustedCertificateEntry A KeyStore entry that holds a trusted Certificate.

A marker interface for KeyStore entry types.

Nested Class Summary

interface

KeyStore.Entry.Attribute

An attribute associated with a keystore entry.

Public Method Summary

Set<KeyStore.Entry.Attribute>

getAttributes() Retrieves the attributes associated with an entry.

Public Methods

public Set<KeyStore.Entry.Attribute> getAttributes ()

Retrieves the attributes associated with an entry.

The default implementation returns an empty Set.

Returns

• an unmodifiable Set of attributes, possibly empty