PBEKey (Java SE 11 & JDK 11 )

All Superinterfaces:

Destroyable, Key, SecretKey, Serializable
```
public interface PBEKey
extends SecretKey
```
The interface to a PBE key.

Since:

1.4

See Also:

PBEKeySpec, SecretKey

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static long serialVersionUID
The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization compatibility since J2SE 1.4.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`getIterationCount()`	Returns the iteration count or 0 if not specified.
`char[]`	`getPassword()`	Returns the password.
`byte[]`	`getSalt()`	Returns the salt or null if not specified.

Methods declared in interface javax.security.auth.Destroyable
destroy, isDestroyed

Methods declared in interface java.security.Key
getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat

- Field Detail
  - serialVersionUID
```
static final long serialVersionUID
```
    The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization compatibility since J2SE 1.4.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - getPassword
```
char[] getPassword()
```
    Returns the password.
    Note: this method should return a copy of the password. It is the caller's responsibility to zero out the password information after it is no longer needed.
    
    Returns:
    
    the password.
  - getSalt
```
byte[] getSalt()
```
    Returns the salt or null if not specified.
    Note: this method should return a copy of the salt. It is the caller's responsibility to zero out the salt information after it is no longer needed.
    
    Returns:
    
    the salt.
  - getIterationCount
```
int getIterationCount()
```
    Returns the iteration count or 0 if not specified.
    
    Returns:
    
    the iteration count.