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package java.security.spec;

/**

 * This class represents the ASN.1 encoding of a private key,

 * encoded according to the ASN.1 type {@code PrivateKeyInfo}.

 * The {@code PrivateKeyInfo} syntax is defined in the PKCS#8 standard

 * as follows:

 *

 * <pre>

 * PrivateKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE {

 *   version Version,

 *   privateKeyAlgorithm PrivateKeyAlgorithmIdentifier,

 *   privateKey PrivateKey,

 *   attributes [0] IMPLICIT Attributes OPTIONAL }

 *

 * Version ::= INTEGER

 *

 * PrivateKeyAlgorithmIdentifier ::= AlgorithmIdentifier

 *

 * PrivateKey ::= OCTET STRING

 *

 * Attributes ::= SET OF Attribute

 * </pre>

 *

 * @author Jan Luehe

 *

 *

 * @see java.security.Key

 * @see java.security.KeyFactory

 * @see KeySpec

 * @see EncodedKeySpec

 * @see X509EncodedKeySpec

 *

 * @since 1.2

 */

public class PKCS8EncodedKeySpec extends EncodedKeySpec {

    /**

     * Creates a new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec with the given encoded key.

     *

     * @param encodedKey the key, which is assumed to be

     * encoded according to the PKCS #8 standard. The contents of

     * the array are copied to protect against subsequent modification.

     * @exception NullPointerException if {@code encodedKey}

     * is null.

     */

    public PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(byte[] encodedKey) {

        super(encodedKey);

    }

    /**

     * Returns the key bytes, encoded according to the PKCS #8 standard.

     *

     * @return the PKCS #8 encoding of the key. Returns a new array

     * each time this method is called.

     */

    public byte[] getEncoded() {

        return super.getEncoded();

    }

    /**

     * Returns the name of the encoding format associated with this

     * key specification.

     *

     * @return the string {@code "PKCS#8"}.

     */

    public final String getFormat() {

        return "PKCS#8";

    }

}