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org.mozilla.jss.pkcs12
Class PasswordConverter

java.lang.Object
  org.mozilla.jss.pkcs12.PasswordConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

KeyGenerator.CharToByteConverter

public final class PasswordConverter
extends java.lang.Object
implements KeyGenerator.CharToByteConverter

Converts password chars to bytes. The output format is big-endian Unicode, with two zero bytes of null-termination at the end.

Constructor Summary

PasswordConverter()

Method Summary

byte[]

convert(char[] chars) Converts a password of Java characters into a password of bytes, using some encoding scheme.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PasswordConverter

public PasswordConverter()

Method Detail

convert

public byte[] convert(char[] chars)

Description copied from interface: KeyGenerator.CharToByteConverter

Converts a password of Java characters into a password of bytes, using some encoding scheme. The input char array must not be modified.

Specified by:

convert in interface KeyGenerator.CharToByteConverter