KeyStore.SecretKeyEntry

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• KeyStore.SecretKeyEntry is a class that securely stores a SecretKey within a KeyStore.

• It provides methods to construct an entry with a SecretKey, optionally including associated attributes.

• You can retrieve the stored SecretKey and its attributes using dedicated methods.

• This class inherits basic functionalities from Object and implements the KeyStore.Entry interface.

public static final class KeyStore.SecretKeyEntry extends Object
implements KeyStore.Entry

A KeyStore entry that holds a SecretKey.

Public Constructor Summary

	SecretKeyEntry(SecretKey secretKey) Constructs a SecretKeyEntry with a SecretKey.
	SecretKeyEntry(SecretKey secretKey, Set<KeyStore.Entry.Attribute> attributes) Constructs a SecretKeyEntry with a SecretKey and associated entry attributes.

Public Method Summary

Set<KeyStore.Entry.Attribute>	getAttributes() Retrieves the attributes associated with an entry.
SecretKey	getSecretKey() Gets the SecretKey from this entry.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of this SecretKeyEntry.

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.

From interface java.security.KeyStore.Entry

Set<KeyStore.Entry.Attribute>

getAttributes() Retrieves the attributes associated with an entry.

Public Constructors

public SecretKeyEntry (SecretKey secretKey)

Constructs a SecretKeyEntry with a SecretKey.

Parameters

secretKey	the SecretKey

Throws

NullPointerException	if secretKey is null

public SecretKeyEntry (SecretKey secretKey, Set<KeyStore.Entry.Attribute> attributes)

Constructs a SecretKeyEntry with a SecretKey and associated entry attributes.

The specified attributes is cloned before it is stored in the new SecretKeyEntry object.

Parameters

secretKey	the SecretKey
attributes	the attributes

Throws

NullPointerException	if secretKey or attributes is null

Public Methods

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

Retrieves the attributes associated with an entry.

Returns

• an unmodifiable Set of attributes, possibly empty

public SecretKey getSecretKey ()

Gets the SecretKey from this entry.

Returns

• the SecretKey from this entry

public String toString ()

Returns a string representation of this SecretKeyEntry.

Returns

• a string representation of this SecretKeyEntry.