javax.crypto

Interface SecretKey

All Superinterfaces:

Key, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

PBEKey

All Known Implementing Classes:

BCPBEKey, SecretKeySpec

public interface SecretKey
extends Key

A cryptographic secret (symmetric) key.

This interface is a marker interface to group secret keys and to provide type safety for.

Implementations of this interface have to overwrite the equals and hashCode from Object so comparison is done using the actual key data and not the object reference.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static long	serialVersionUID The serialization version identifier.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Key

getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

static final long serialVersionUID

The serialization version identifier.

See Also:

Constant Field Values