opencard.opt.security
Interface PrivateKeyRef

All Superinterfaces:
java.security.Key, KeyRef, java.security.PrivateKey, java.io.Serializable
All Known Implementing Classes:
PrivateKeyFile

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.

Version:
$Id: PrivateKeyRef.java,v 1.2 1999/11/10 13:55:46 damke Exp $
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.PrivateKey
serialVersionUID
 
Method Summary
 
Methods inherited from interface java.security.Key
getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat