Package com.nimbusds.jose.jwk.gen

Class ECKeyGenerator

java.lang.Object

com.nimbusds.jose.jwk.gen.JWKGenerator<ECKey>

com.nimbusds.jose.jwk.gen.ECKeyGenerator

public class ECKeyGenerator
extends JWKGenerator<ECKey>

Elliptic Curve (EC) JSON Web Key (JWK) generator.

Supported curves:

• P-256
• secp256k1
• P-384
• P-512

Version:

2024-12-15

Author:

Vladimir Dzhuvinov, Justin Cranford

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.nimbusds.jose.jwk.gen.JWKGenerator

alg, exp, iat, keyStore, kid, nbf, ops, provider, secureRandom, tprKid, use

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ECKeyGenerator(Curve crv)	Creates a new EC JWK generator.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ECKey	generate()	Generates the JWK according to the set parameters.

Methods inherited from class com.nimbusds.jose.jwk.gen.JWKGenerator

algorithm, expirationTime, issueTime, keyID, keyIDFromThumbprint, keyOperations, keyStore, keyUse, notBeforeTime, provider, secureRandom

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ECKeyGenerator

public ECKeyGenerator(Curve crv)

Creates a new EC JWK generator.

Parameters:

crv - The curve. Must not be null.

Method Details

generate

public ECKey generate()
               throws JOSEException

Description copied from class: JWKGenerator

Generates the JWK according to the set parameters.

Specified by:

generate in class JWKGenerator<ECKey>

Returns:

The generated JWK.

Throws:

JOSEException - If the key generation failed.