SymmetricKeyCreator (JavaDocs for mmm-all 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT)

Type Parameters:

K - type of SecretKey.

All Superinterfaces:

CryptoAlgorithm, KeyCreator

All Known Implementing Classes:

SymmetricKeyCreatorImpl
```
public interface SymmetricKeyCreator<K extends SecretKey>
extends KeyCreator
```
Extends KeyCreator for dealing with symmetric cryptographic keys.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

See Also:

createKey(String)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default Binary`	`asBinary(K key)`
`byte[]`	`asData(K key)`
`K`	`createKey(byte[] key)`
`K`	`createKey(String password)`
`int`	`getKeyLength(K key)`
`default void`	`verifyKey(K key)`	Verify that the given key matches the criteria of this key creator such as `key length`.

Methods inherited from interface io.github.mmm.crypto.algorithm.CryptoAlgorithm
getAlgorithm

Methods inherited from interface io.github.mmm.crypto.key.KeyCreator
getKeyLength

- Method Detail
  - createKey
```
K createKey(String password)
```
    Parameters:
    
    password - the secret password.
    
    Returns:
    
    the according SecretKey.
  - createKey
```
K createKey(byte[] key)
```
    Parameters:
    
    key - the SecretKey as encoded data.
    
    Returns:
    
    the deserialized SecretKey.
  - asData
```
byte[] asData(K key)
```
    Parameters:
    
    key - the SecretKey.
    
    Returns:
    
    the SecretKey
  - asBinary
```
default Binary asBinary(K key)
```
    Parameters:
    
    key - the SecretKey to serialize.
    
    Returns:
    
    the Binary.
  - verifyKey
```
default void verifyKey(K key)
```
    Verify that the given key matches the criteria of this key creator such as key length.
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - the SecretKey to verify.
  - getKeyLength
```
int getKeyLength(K key)
```
    Parameters:
    
    key - the SecretKey.
    
    Returns:
    
    the key length of the given key.