See: Description
| Interface | Description | 
|---|---|
| SecretKey | 
 A secret (symmetric) key. 
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| Class | Description | 
|---|---|
| Cipher | 
 This class provides the functionality of a cryptographic cipher for
 encryption and decryption. 
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| CipherInputStream | 
 A CipherInputStream is composed of an InputStream and a Cipher so
 that read() methods return data that are read in from the
 underlying InputStream but have been additionally processed by the
 Cipher. 
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| CipherOutputStream | 
 A CipherOutputStream is composed of an OutputStream and a Cipher so
 that write() methods first process the data before writing them out
 to the underlying OutputStream. 
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| CipherSpi | 
 This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI)
 for the  
Cipher class. | 
| EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo | 
 This class implements the  
EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo type
 as defined in PKCS #8. | 
| ExemptionMechanism | 
 This class provides the functionality of an exemption mechanism, examples
 of which are key recovery, key weakening, and
 key escrow. 
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| ExemptionMechanismSpi | 
 This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI)
 for the  
ExemptionMechanism class. | 
| KeyAgreement | 
 This class provides the functionality of a key agreement (or key
 exchange) protocol. 
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| KeyAgreementSpi | 
 This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI)
 for the  
KeyAgreement class. | 
| KeyGenerator | 
 This class provides the functionality of a secret (symmetric) key generator. 
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| KeyGeneratorSpi | 
 This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI)
 for the  
KeyGenerator class. | 
| Mac | 
 This class provides the functionality of a "Message Authentication Code"
 (MAC) algorithm. 
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| MacSpi | 
 This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI)
 for the  
Mac class. | 
| NullCipher | 
 The NullCipher class is a class that provides an
 "identity cipher" -- one that does not tranform the plaintext. 
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| SealedObject | 
 This class enables a programmer to create an object and protect its
 confidentiality with a cryptographic algorithm. 
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| SecretKeyFactory | 
 This class represents a factory for secret keys. 
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| SecretKeyFactorySpi | 
 This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI)
 for the  
SecretKeyFactory class. | 
| Exception | Description | 
|---|---|
| AEADBadTagException | 
 This exception is thrown when a  
Cipher operating in
 an AEAD mode (such as GCM/CCM) is unable to verify the supplied
 authentication tag. | 
| BadPaddingException | 
 This exception is thrown when a particular padding mechanism is
 expected for the input data but the data is not padded properly. 
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| ExemptionMechanismException | 
 This is the generic ExemptionMechanism exception. 
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| IllegalBlockSizeException | 
 This exception is thrown when the length of data provided to a block
 cipher is incorrect, i.e., does not match the block size of the cipher. 
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| NoSuchPaddingException | 
 This exception is thrown when a particular padding mechanism is
 requested but is not available in the environment. 
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| ShortBufferException | 
 This exception is thrown when an output buffer provided by the user
 is too short to hold the operation result. 
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Support for encryption includes symmetric, asymmetric, block, and stream ciphers. This package also supports secure streams and sealed objects.
Many of the classes provided in this package are provider-based. The class itself defines a programming interface to which applications may write. The implementations themselves may then be written by independent third-party vendors and plugged in seamlessly as needed. Therefore application developers may take advantage of any number of provider-based implementations without having to add or rewrite code.
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