com.entrust.toolkit.security.provider

Interface PrivateKey

All Superinterfaces:

javax.security.auth.Destroyable, java.security.Key, java.security.PrivateKey, java.io.Serializable

public interface PrivateKey
extends java.security.PrivateKey

Defines the interface to an Entrust private key; keys of this type provide a mechanism for wiping all sensitive information held about the private key from system memory.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface java.security.PrivateKey

serialVersionUID

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	destroyCriticalData() Clears all sensitive information held about this private key from system memory.
java.lang.String	getType() Returns the type of this private key.

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Key

getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat

Methods inherited from interface javax.security.auth.Destroyable

destroy, isDestroyed

Method Detail

destroyCriticalData

void destroyCriticalData()

Clears all sensitive information held about this private key from system memory.

Following this call, the key can no longer be used in cryptographic operations.

getType

java.lang.String getType()

Returns the type of this private key.

Currently, the following private key types are supported in the Toolkit:

• ConfinedPrivateKey - ConfinedPrivateKey
• TokenPrivateKey - TokenPrivateKey
• CapiPrivateKey - CapiPrivateKey
• CapiDummyPrivateKey - CapiDummyPrivateKey

Returns:

the type of this private key