AlgorithmParameterSpec

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• AlgorithmParameterSpec is a marker interface used for type safety of cryptographic parameter specifications.

• It acts as a grouping mechanism for all parameter specifications, ensuring they are implemented consistently.

• This interface doesn't have any methods or constants; its primary role is to enforce type safety.

• Various cryptographic algorithms, such as DSA, Diffie-Hellman, and RSA, utilize specific implementations of AlgorithmParameterSpec for their parameter configurations.

• Developers should refer to the documentation of specific algorithm parameter specifications (e.g., DSAParameterSpec) for detailed information about the parameters they define.

public interface AlgorithmParameterSpec

Known Indirect Subclasses DHGenParameterSpec, DHParameterSpec, DSAParameterSpec, ECGenParameterSpec, ECParameterSpec, GCMParameterSpec, IvParameterSpec, MGF1ParameterSpec, OAEPParameterSpec, PBEParameterSpec, PSSParameterSpec, RC2ParameterSpec, RC5ParameterSpec, RSAKeyGenParameterSpec DHGenParameterSpec This class specifies the set of parameters used for generating Diffie-Hellman (system) parameters for use in Diffie-Hellman key agreement.  DHParameterSpec This class specifies the set of parameters used with the Diffie-Hellman algorithm, as specified in PKCS #3: Diffie-Hellman Key-Agreement Standard.  DSAParameterSpec This class specifies the set of parameters used with the DSA algorithm.  ECGenParameterSpec This immutable class specifies the set of parameters used for generating elliptic curve (EC) domain parameters.  ECParameterSpec This immutable class specifies the set of domain parameters used with elliptic curve cryptography (ECC).  GCMParameterSpec Specifies the set of parameters required by a Cipher using the Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) mode.  IvParameterSpec This class specifies an initialization vector (IV).  MGF1ParameterSpec This class specifies the set of parameters used with mask generation function MGF1 in OAEP Padding and RSA-PSS signature scheme, as defined in the PKCS #1 v2.1 standard.  OAEPParameterSpec This class specifies the set of parameters used with OAEP Padding, as defined in the PKCS #1 standard.  PBEParameterSpec This class specifies the set of parameters used with password-based encryption (PBE), as defined in the PKCS #5 standard.  PSSParameterSpec This class specifies a parameter spec for RSA-PSS signature scheme, as defined in the PKCS#1 v2.1 standard.  RC2ParameterSpec This class specifies the parameters used with the RC2 algorithm.  RC5ParameterSpec This class specifies the parameters used with the RC5 algorithm.  RSAKeyGenParameterSpec This class specifies the set of parameters used to generate an RSA key pair.

A (transparent) specification of cryptographic parameters.

This interface contains no methods or constants. Its only purpose is to group (and provide type safety for) all parameter specifications. All parameter specifications must implement this interface.

See Also

• AlgorithmParameters
• DSAParameterSpec