DSAKeyPairGenerator.java 3.5 KB

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  1. /* DSAKeyPairGenerator.java -- Initialize a DSA key generator
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  3. This file is part of GNU Classpath.
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  31. package java.security.interfaces;
  32. import java.security.InvalidParameterException;
  33. import java.security.SecureRandom;
  34. /**
  35. * This interface contains methods for intializing a Digital Signature
  36. * Algorithm key generation engine. The initialize methods may be called
  37. * any number of times. If no explicity initialization call is made, then
  38. * the engine defaults to generating 1024-bit keys using pre-calculated
  39. * base, prime, and subprime values.
  40. *
  41. * @version 0.0
  42. *
  43. * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
  44. */
  45. public interface DSAKeyPairGenerator
  46. {
  47. /**
  48. * Initializes the key generator with the specified DSA parameters and
  49. * random bit source
  50. *
  51. * @param params The DSA parameters to use
  52. * @param random The random bit source to use
  53. *
  54. * @exception InvalidParameterException If the parameters passed are not valid
  55. */
  56. void initialize (DSAParams params, SecureRandom random)
  57. throws InvalidParameterException;
  58. /**
  59. * Initializes the key generator to a give modulus. If the <code>genParams</code>
  60. * value is <code>true</code> then new base, prime, and subprime values
  61. * will be generated for the given modulus. If not, the pre-calculated
  62. * values will be used. If no pre-calculated values exist for the specified
  63. * modulus, an exception will be thrown. It is guaranteed that there will
  64. * always be pre-calculated values for all modulus values between 512 and
  65. * 1024 bits inclusives.
  66. *
  67. * @param modlen The modulus length
  68. * @param genParams <code>true</code> to generate new DSA parameters, <code>false</code> otherwise
  69. * @param random The random bit source to use
  70. *
  71. * @exception InvalidParameterException If a parameter is invalid
  72. */
  73. void initialize (int modlen, boolean genParams, SecureRandom random)
  74. throws InvalidParameterException;
  75. }