javax.crypto

Interface SecretKey

public interface SecretKey extends Key

A secret key for symmetric cryptography.

This interface defines no new methods over java.security.Key, but rather is intended to be a marker interface and to provide type safety for secret keys.

The format of secret keys should be RAW, as returned by java.security.Key#getFormat().

Concrete implementations of this interface should override the java.lang.Object#equals and java.lang.Object#hashCode methods of java.lang.Object to use the actual key data rather than the identity-based default methods.

See Also: SecretKeyFactory Cipher

Field Summary
longserialVersionUID

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

public long serialVersionUID