xjava.security.interfaces
Interface ElGamalPrivateKey

All Superinterfaces:

ElGamalKey, java.security.Key, java.security.PrivateKey, java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseElGamalPrivateKey

public interface ElGamalPrivateKey

extends ElGamalKey, java.security.PrivateKey

The interface to an ElGamal private key.

References

Bruce Schneier, "Section 19.6 ElGamal," Applied Cryptography, Wiley 2nd Ed, 1996.

$Revision: 1.2 $

Since:

IJCE 1.0.1

Author:

David Hopwood

See Also:

ElGamalKey, java.security.Cipher, Signature

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface java.security.PrivateKey

serialVersionUID

Method Summary

java.math.BigInteger

getX() Returns the value of x (the private key).

Methods inherited from interface xjava.security.interfaces.ElGamalKey

getG, getP, getY

Methods inherited from interface java.security.Key

getAlgorithm, getEncoded, getFormat

Method Detail

getX

public java.math.BigInteger getX()

Returns the value of x (the private key).

Returns:

x as a java.math.BigInteger