AsymmetricKeyPair (JavaDocs for mmm-all 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT)

Type Parameters:

PR - type of getPrivateKey()

PU - type of getPublicKey().

All Superinterfaces:

KeySet

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAsymmetricKeyPair, AsymmetricKeyPairEc, AsymmetricKeyPairEcBc, AsymmetricKeyPairEcJce, AsymmetricKeyPairGeneric, AsymmetricKeyPairRsa
```
public interface AsymmetricKeyPair<PR extends PrivateKey,PU extends PublicKey>
extends KeySet
```
Interface for a key pair consisting of a private key with its corresponding public key for asymmetric encryption. The big advantage of asymmetric encryption is that no secret has to be shared between the parties. The public key can be made public and shared. Anybody knowing your public key can encrypt data for you that only you as the owner of the corresponding private key can decrypt. On the other hand only you as the owner of the private key can sign arbitrary data in a way so that everybody can verify this signature using your public key.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`KeyPair`	`getKeyPair()`
`default Set<Key>`	`getKeys()`
`PR`	`getPrivateKey()`
`PU`	`getPublicKey()`

- Method Detail
  - getPrivateKey
```
PR getPrivateKey()
```
    Returns:
    
    the private key. Has to be kept secret.
  - getPublicKey
```
PU getPublicKey()
```
    Returns:
    
    the public key. May be distributed or published.
  - getKeyPair
```
KeyPair getKeyPair()
```
    Returns:
    
    the private and public key as java standard KeyPair.
  - getKeys
```
default Set<Key> getKeys()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getKeys in interface KeySet
    
    Returns:
    
    the Set of Keys contained in this KeySet.