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package javax.crypto;
import java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException;
import java.security.SecureRandom;
import java.security.spec.AlgorithmParameterSpec;
/**
* The <i>Service Provider Interface</i> (<b>SPI</b>) for the {@link
* KeyGenerator} class.
*
* <p>Providers wishing to implement a key generator must subclass this
* and provide an appropriate implementation for all the abstract
* methods below, and provide an appropriate entry in the master {@link
* java.security.Provider} class (the service name for key generators is
* <code>"KeyGenerator"</code>).
*
* @author Casey Marshall (csm@gnu.org)
* @since 1.4
* @see KeyGenerator
*/
public abstract class KeyGeneratorSpi
{
// Constructor.
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
/** Create a new key generator SPI. */
public KeyGeneratorSpi()
{
}
// Abstract instance methods.
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Generate a key, returning it as a {@link SecretKey}.
*
* @return The generated key.
*/
protected abstract SecretKey engineGenerateKey();
/**
* Initialize this key generator with parameters and a source of
* randomness.
*
* @param params The parameters.
* @param random The source of randomness.
* @throws java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException If the
* parameters are inappropriate for this instance.
*/
protected abstract void engineInit(AlgorithmParameterSpec params,
SecureRandom random)
throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException;
/**
* Initialize this key generator with a key size (in bits) and a
* source of randomness.
*
* @param keySize The target key size, in bits.
* @param random The source of randomness.
* @throws java.security.InvalidParameterException If the
* key size is illogical or unsupported.
*/
protected abstract void engineInit(int keySize, SecureRandom random);
/**
* Initialize this key generator with a source of randomness; the
* implementation should use reasonable default parameters (such as
* generated key size).
*
* @param random The source of randomness.
*/
protected abstract void engineInit(SecureRandom random);
}