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This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI) * for the {@code KeyPairGenerator} class, which is used to generate * pairs of public and private keys. * *

All the abstract methods in this class must be implemented by each * cryptographic service provider who wishes to supply the implementation * of a key pair generator for a particular algorithm. * *

In case the client does not explicitly initialize the KeyPairGenerator * (via a call to an {@code initialize} method), each provider must * supply (and document) a default initialization. * For example, the Sun provider uses a default modulus size (keysize) * of 1024 bits. * * @author Benjamin Renaud * * * @see KeyPairGenerator * @see java.security.spec.AlgorithmParameterSpec */ public abstract class KeyPairGeneratorSpi { /** * Initializes the key pair generator for a certain keysize, using * the default parameter set. * * @param keysize the keysize. This is an * algorithm-specific metric, such as modulus length, specified in * number of bits. * * @param random the source of randomness for this generator. * * @exception InvalidParameterException if the {@code keysize} is not * supported by this KeyPairGeneratorSpi object. */ public abstract void initialize(int keysize, SecureRandom random); /** * Initializes the key pair generator using the specified parameter * set and user-provided source of randomness. * *

This concrete method has been added to this previously-defined * abstract class. (For backwards compatibility, it cannot be abstract.) * It may be overridden by a provider to initialize the key pair * generator. Such an override * is expected to throw an InvalidAlgorithmParameterException if * a parameter is inappropriate for this key pair generator. * If this method is not overridden, it always throws an * UnsupportedOperationException. * * @param params the parameter set used to generate the keys. * * @param random the source of randomness for this generator. * * @exception InvalidAlgorithmParameterException if the given parameters * are inappropriate for this key pair generator. * * @since 1.2 */ public void initialize(AlgorithmParameterSpec params, SecureRandom random) throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException { throw new UnsupportedOperationException(); } /** * Generates a key pair. Unless an initialization method is called * using a KeyPairGenerator interface, algorithm-specific defaults * will be used. This will generate a new key pair every time it * is called. * * @return the newly generated {@code KeyPair} */ public abstract KeyPair generateKeyPair(); }