Uses of Interface
java.security.PrivateKey

Packages that use PrivateKey

Package	Description
java.security	Provides the classes and interfaces for the security framework.
java.security.interfaces	Provides interfaces for generating RSA (Rivest, Shamir and Adleman AsymmetricCipher algorithm) keys as defined in the RSA Laboratory Technical Note PKCS#1, and DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm) keys as defined in NIST's FIPS-186.
javax.crypto.interfaces	Provides interfaces for Diffie-Hellman keys as defined in RSA Laboratories' PKCS #3.
javax.net.ssl	Provides classes for the secure socket package.
javax.security.auth.x500	This package contains the classes that should be used to store X500 Principal and X500 Private Credentials in a Subject.

Uses of PrivateKey in java.security

Methods in java.security that return PrivateKey

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected abstract PrivateKey	KeyFactorySpi.engineGeneratePrivate(KeySpec keySpec) Generates a private key object from the provided key specification (key material).
PrivateKey	KeyFactory.generatePrivate(KeySpec keySpec) Generates a private key object from the provided key specification (key material).
PrivateKey	KeyPair.getPrivate() Returns a reference to the private key component of this key pair.
PrivateKey	Signer.getPrivateKey() Deprecated. Returns this signer's private key.
PrivateKey	KeyStore.PrivateKeyEntry.getPrivateKey() Gets the PrivateKey from this entry.

Methods in java.security with parameters of type PrivateKey

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected abstract void	SignatureSpi.engineInitSign(PrivateKey privateKey) Initializes this signature object with the specified private key for signing operations.
protected void	SignatureSpi.engineInitSign(PrivateKey privateKey, SecureRandom random) Initializes this signature object with the specified private key and source of randomness for signing operations.
void	Signature.initSign(PrivateKey privateKey) Initialize this object for signing.
void	Signature.initSign(PrivateKey privateKey, SecureRandom random) Initialize this object for signing.

Constructors in java.security with parameters of type PrivateKey

Constructor and Description
KeyPair(PublicKey publicKey, PrivateKey privateKey) Constructs a key pair from the given public key and private key.
PrivateKeyEntry(PrivateKey privateKey, Certificate[] chain) Constructs a PrivateKeyEntry with a PrivateKey and corresponding certificate chain.
PrivateKeyEntry(PrivateKey privateKey, Certificate[] chain, Set<KeyStore.Entry.Attribute> attributes) Constructs a PrivateKeyEntry with a PrivateKey and corresponding certificate chain and associated entry attributes.
SignedObject(Serializable object, PrivateKey signingKey, Signature signingEngine) Constructs a SignedObject from any Serializable object.

Uses of PrivateKey in java.security.interfaces

Subinterfaces of PrivateKey in java.security.interfaces

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
interface	DSAPrivateKey The standard interface to a DSA private key.
interface	ECPrivateKey The interface to an elliptic curve (EC) private key.
interface	RSAMultiPrimePrivateCrtKey The interface to an RSA multi-prime private key, as defined in the PKCS#1 v2.2 standard, using the Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT) information values.
interface	RSAPrivateCrtKey The interface to an RSA private key, as defined in the PKCS#1 v2.2 standard, using the Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT) information values.
interface	RSAPrivateKey The interface to an RSA private key.

Uses of PrivateKey in javax.crypto.interfaces

Subinterfaces of PrivateKey in javax.crypto.interfaces

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
interface	DHPrivateKey The interface to a Diffie-Hellman private key.

Uses of PrivateKey in javax.net.ssl

Methods in javax.net.ssl that return PrivateKey

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PrivateKey	X509KeyManager.getPrivateKey(String alias) Returns the key associated with the given alias.

Uses of PrivateKey in javax.security.auth.x500

Methods in javax.security.auth.x500 that return PrivateKey

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PrivateKey	X500PrivateCredential.getPrivateKey() Returns the PrivateKey.

Constructors in javax.security.auth.x500 with parameters of type PrivateKey

Constructor and Description
X500PrivateCredential(X509Certificate cert, PrivateKey key) Creates an X500PrivateCredential that associates an X.509 certificate, a private key and the KeyStore alias.
X500PrivateCredential(X509Certificate cert, PrivateKey key, String alias) Creates an X500PrivateCredential that associates an X.509 certificate, a private key and the KeyStore alias.