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  25 
  26 package java.security.spec;
  27 
  28 /**
  29  * This class represents the ASN.1 encoding of a private key,
  30  * encoded according to the ASN.1 type {@code PrivateKeyInfo}.
  31  * The {@code PrivateKeyInfo} syntax is defined in the PKCS#8 standard
  32  * as follows:
  33  *
  34  * <pre>
  35  * PrivateKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
  36  *   version Version,
  37  *   privateKeyAlgorithm PrivateKeyAlgorithmIdentifier,
  38  *   privateKey PrivateKey,
  39  *   attributes [0] IMPLICIT Attributes OPTIONAL }
  40  *
  41  * Version ::= INTEGER
  42  *
  43  * PrivateKeyAlgorithmIdentifier ::= AlgorithmIdentifier
  44  *
  45  * PrivateKey ::= OCTET STRING
  46  *
  47  * Attributes ::= SET OF Attribute
  48  * </pre>
  49  *
  50  * @author Jan Luehe
  51  *
  52  *
  53  * @see java.security.Key
  54  * @see java.security.KeyFactory
  55  * @see KeySpec
  56  * @see EncodedKeySpec
  57  * @see X509EncodedKeySpec
  58  *
  59  * @since 1.2
  60  */
  61 
  62 public class PKCS8EncodedKeySpec extends EncodedKeySpec {
  63 
  64     /**
  65      * Creates a new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec with the given encoded key.
  66      *
  67      * @param encodedKey the key, which is assumed to be
  68      * encoded according to the PKCS #8 standard. The contents of
  69      * the array are copied to protect against subsequent modification.
  70      * @exception NullPointerException if {@code encodedKey}
  71      * is null.
  72      */
  73     public PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(byte[] encodedKey) {
  74         super(encodedKey);
  75     }
  76 
  77     /**
  78      * Returns the key bytes, encoded according to the PKCS #8 standard.
  79      *
  80      * @return the PKCS #8 encoding of the key. Returns a new array
  81      * each time this method is called.
  82      */
  83     public byte[] getEncoded() {
  84         return super.getEncoded();
  85     }
  86 
  87     /**
  88      * Returns the name of the encoding format associated with this
  89      * key specification.
  90      *
  91      * @return the string {@code "PKCS#8"}.
  92      */
  93     public final String getFormat() {
  94         return "PKCS#8";
  95     }
  96 }