org.bouncycastle.crypto.util

Class PrivateKeyInfoFactory

java.lang.Object

org.bouncycastle.crypto.util.PrivateKeyInfoFactory

public class PrivateKeyInfoFactory
extends Object

Factory to create ASN.1 private key info objects from lightweight private keys.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static PrivateKeyInfo	createPrivateKeyInfo(AsymmetricKeyParameter privateKey) Create a PrivateKeyInfo representation of a private key.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

createPrivateKeyInfo

public static PrivateKeyInfo createPrivateKeyInfo(AsymmetricKeyParameter privateKey)
                                           throws IOException

Create a PrivateKeyInfo representation of a private key.

Parameters:

privateKey - the key to be encoded into the info object.

Returns:

the appropriate key parameter

Throws:

IOException - on an error encoding the key