Package se.swedenconnect.security.credential.pkcs11

Interface Pkcs11PrivateKeyAccessor

All Superinterfaces:

Pkcs11ObjectAccessor<PrivateKey>

All Known Implementing Classes:

SunPkcs11PrivateKeyAccessor

public interface Pkcs11PrivateKeyAccessor
extends Pkcs11ObjectAccessor<PrivateKey>

A functional interface for getting a reference to a private key residing on a PKCS#11 device.

Author:

Martin Lindström

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
PrivateKey	get(Provider provider, String alias, char[] pin)	Gets a reference to the private key from the PKCS#11 device, and throws SecurityException if it can not be extracted or is not found.

Method Details

get

@Nonnull
PrivateKey get(@Nonnull
 Provider provider,
 @Nonnull
 String alias,
 @Nonnull
 char[] pin)
        throws SecurityException

Gets a reference to the private key from the PKCS#11 device, and throws SecurityException if it can not be extracted or is not found.

Specified by:

get in interface Pkcs11ObjectAccessor<PrivateKey>

Parameters:

provider - the security provider to use

alias - the alias to the entry holding the object

pin - the PIN needed to access the entry

Returns:

an object reference or null if the object is not available

Throws:

SecurityException - if the operation is not successful