Interface GenericJcaSignatureContext.EngineFactory

Enclosing class:

GenericJcaSignatureContext

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public static interface GenericJcaSignatureContext.EngineFactory

Factory of initialized Signature engines.

Implementations must return a ready-to-use Signature configured for signing or verifying with the given key.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Signature	create(Key key, boolean signMode)	Creates and initializes a Signature for the given key and mode.

Method Details

create

Signature create(Key key,
 boolean signMode)
          throws GeneralSecurityException

Creates and initializes a Signature for the given key and mode.

Parameters:

key - key to initialize the engine with; PrivateKey for sign mode, PublicKey for verify mode

signMode - true for signing, false for verifying

Returns:

initialized Signature ready for incremental update(...) calls

Throws:

GeneralSecurityException - if engine creation or initialization fails