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See the GNU General Public License 0N/A * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that 0N/A * accompanied this code). 0N/A * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version 0N/A * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 0N/A * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. 2362N/A * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA 2362N/A * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any 0N/A * This class is used as an opaque representation of cryptographic parameters. 0N/A * <p>An <code>AlgorithmParameters</code> object for managing the parameters 0N/A * for a particular algorithm can be obtained by 0N/A * calling one of the <code>getInstance</code> factory methods 0N/A * (static methods that return instances of a given class). 0N/A * <p>Once an <code>AlgorithmParameters</code> object is obtained, it must be 0N/A * initialized via a call to <code>init</code>, using an appropriate parameter 0N/A * specification or parameter encoding. 0N/A * <p>A transparent parameter specification is obtained from an 0N/A * <code>AlgorithmParameters</code> object via a call to 0N/A * <code>getParameterSpec</code>, and a byte encoding of the parameters is 0N/A * obtained via a call to <code>getEncoded</code>. 3465N/A * <p> Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support the 3465N/A * following standard <code>AlgorithmParameters</code> algorithms: 3465N/A * <li><tt>DiffieHellman</tt></li> 3465N/A * These algorithms are described in the <a href= 3465N/A * AlgorithmParameters section</a> of the 3465N/A * Java Cryptography Architecture Standard Algorithm Name Documentation. 3465N/A * Consult the release documentation for your implementation to see if any 3465N/A * other algorithms are supported. 0N/A * @see java.security.spec.AlgorithmParameterSpec 0N/A * @see java.security.spec.DSAParameterSpec 0N/A * @see KeyPairGenerator 0N/A // The provider implementation (delegate) 0N/A // Has this object been initialized? 0N/A * Creates an AlgorithmParameters object. 0N/A * @param paramSpi the delegate 0N/A * @param provider the provider 0N/A * @param algorithm the algorithm 0N/A * Returns the name of the algorithm associated with this parameter object. 0N/A * @return the algorithm name. 0N/A * Returns a parameter object for the specified algorithm. 0N/A * <p> This method traverses the list of registered security Providers, 0N/A * starting with the most preferred Provider. 0N/A * A new AlgorithmParameters object encapsulating the 0N/A * AlgorithmParametersSpi implementation from the first 0N/A * Provider that supports the specified algorithm is returned. 0N/A * <p> Note that the list of registered providers may be retrieved via 0N/A * the {@link Security#getProviders() Security.getProviders()} method. 0N/A * <p> The returned parameter object must be initialized via a call to 0N/A * <code>init</code>, using an appropriate parameter specification or 0N/A * parameter encoding. 0N/A * @param algorithm the name of the algorithm requested. 3465N/A * See the AlgorithmParameters section in the <a href= 3465N/A * Java Cryptography Architecture Standard Algorithm Name Documentation</a> 0N/A * for information about standard algorithm names. 0N/A * @return the new parameter object. 0N/A * @exception NoSuchAlgorithmException if no Provider supports an 0N/A * AlgorithmParametersSpi implementation for the 0N/A * specified algorithm. 0N/A * Returns a parameter object for the specified algorithm. 0N/A * <p> A new AlgorithmParameters object encapsulating the 0N/A * AlgorithmParametersSpi implementation from the specified provider 0N/A * is returned. The specified provider must be registered 0N/A * in the security provider list. 0N/A * <p> Note that the list of registered providers may be retrieved via 0N/A * the {@link Security#getProviders() Security.getProviders()} method. 0N/A * <p>The returned parameter object must be initialized via a call to 0N/A * <code>init</code>, using an appropriate parameter specification or 0N/A * parameter encoding. 0N/A * @param algorithm the name of the algorithm requested. 3465N/A * See the AlgorithmParameters section in the <a href= 3465N/A * Java Cryptography Architecture Standard Algorithm Name Documentation</a> 0N/A * for information about standard algorithm names. 0N/A * @param provider the name of the provider. 0N/A * @return the new parameter object. 0N/A * @exception NoSuchAlgorithmException if an AlgorithmParametersSpi 0N/A * implementation for the specified algorithm is not 0N/A * available from the specified provider. 0N/A * @exception NoSuchProviderException if the specified provider is not 0N/A * registered in the security provider list. 0N/A * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the provider name is null 0N/A * Returns a parameter object for the specified algorithm. 0N/A * <p> A new AlgorithmParameters object encapsulating the 0N/A * AlgorithmParametersSpi implementation from the specified Provider 0N/A * object is returned. Note that the specified Provider object 0N/A * does not have to be registered in the provider list. 0N/A * <p>The returned parameter object must be initialized via a call to 0N/A * <code>init</code>, using an appropriate parameter specification or 0N/A * parameter encoding. 0N/A * @param algorithm the name of the algorithm requested. 3465N/A * See the AlgorithmParameters section in the <a href= 3465N/A * Java Cryptography Architecture Standard Algorithm Name Documentation</a> 0N/A * for information about standard algorithm names. 0N/A * @param provider the name of the provider. 0N/A * @return the new parameter object. 0N/A * @exception NoSuchAlgorithmException if an AlgorithmParameterGeneratorSpi 0N/A * implementation for the specified algorithm is not available 0N/A * from the specified Provider object. 0N/A * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the provider is null. 0N/A * Returns the provider of this parameter object. 0N/A * @return the provider of this parameter object 0N/A * Initializes this parameter object using the parameters 0N/A * specified in <code>paramSpec</code>. 0N/A * @param paramSpec the parameter specification. 0N/A * @exception InvalidParameterSpecException if the given parameter 0N/A * specification is inappropriate for the initialization of this parameter 0N/A * object, or if this parameter object has already been initialized. 0N/A * Imports the specified parameters and decodes them according to the 0N/A * primary decoding format for parameters. The primary decoding 0N/A * format for parameters is ASN.1, if an ASN.1 specification for this type 0N/A * of parameters exists. 0N/A * @param params the encoded parameters. 0N/A * @exception IOException on decoding errors, or if this parameter object 0N/A * has already been initialized. 0N/A * Imports the parameters from <code>params</code> and decodes them 0N/A * according to the specified decoding scheme. 0N/A * If <code>format</code> is null, the 0N/A * primary decoding format for parameters is used. The primary decoding 0N/A * format is ASN.1, if an ASN.1 specification for these parameters 0N/A * @param params the encoded parameters. 0N/A * @param format the name of the decoding scheme. 0N/A * @exception IOException on decoding errors, or if this parameter object 0N/A * has already been initialized. 0N/A * Returns a (transparent) specification of this parameter object. 0N/A * <code>paramSpec</code> identifies the specification class in which 0N/A * the parameters should be returned. It could, for example, be 0N/A * <code>DSAParameterSpec.class</code>, to indicate that the 0N/A * parameters should be returned in an instance of the 0N/A * <code>DSAParameterSpec</code> class. 0N/A * @param paramSpec the specification class in which 0N/A * the parameters should be returned. 0N/A * @return the parameter specification. 0N/A * @exception InvalidParameterSpecException if the requested parameter 0N/A * specification is inappropriate for this parameter object, or if this 0N/A * parameter object has not been initialized. 0N/A * Returns the parameters in their primary encoding format. 0N/A * The primary encoding format for parameters is ASN.1, if an ASN.1 0N/A * specification for this type of parameters exists. 0N/A * @return the parameters encoded using their primary encoding format. 0N/A * @exception IOException on encoding errors, or if this parameter object 0N/A * has not been initialized. 0N/A * Returns the parameters encoded in the specified scheme. 0N/A * If <code>format</code> is null, the 0N/A * primary encoding format for parameters is used. The primary encoding 0N/A * format is ASN.1, if an ASN.1 specification for these parameters 0N/A * @param format the name of the encoding format. 0N/A * @return the parameters encoded using the specified encoding scheme. 0N/A * @exception IOException on encoding errors, or if this parameter object 0N/A * has not been initialized. 0N/A * Returns a formatted string describing the parameters. 0N/A * @return a formatted string describing the parameters, or null if this 0N/A * parameter object has not been initialized.