PrivateKeyRef

All Superinterfaces:

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

All Known Implementing Classes:

SmartCardHSMECKey, SmartCardHSMPrivateKey, SmartCardHSMRSAKey
```
public interface PrivateKeyRef
extends KeyRef, java.security.PrivateKey
```
Interface for classes that reference a private key stored on a smart card. Different cards use different ways of identifying a key on the card, for example file names, indexes, numbers, logical names. Wherever a card service interface needs to identify a key on card the interface should use type PrivateKeyRef. Concrete card service implementations should then support a subset of the subclasses of PrivateKeyRef, for example PrivateKeyFile for cards that store their keys in ISO files.

Author:

Peter Bendel (peter_bendel@de.ibm.com), Roland Weber (rolweber@de.ibm.com)

See Also:

PrivateKeyFile

- Field Summary
  - Fields inherited from interface java.security.Key
    serialVersionUID
  - Fields inherited from interface java.security.PrivateKey
    serialVersionUID
- Method Summary
  - Methods inherited from interface javax.security.auth.Destroyable
    destroy, isDestroyed
  - Methods inherited from interface java.security.Key
    getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat