Package convex.core.crypto

Class PEMTools

java.lang.Object

convex.core.crypto.PEMTools

public class PEMTools
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PEMTools()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static PrivateKey	decryptPrivateKeyFromPEM(String pemText, char[] password)	Decrypt a PEM string to a private key.
static String	encryptPrivateKeyToPEM(PrivateKey privateKey, char[] password)	Encrypt a priavte key into a PEM formated text
static void	main(String[] args)
static AKeyPair	readPEM(String pem)	Read a key pair from a PEM String
static String	writePEM(AKeyPair kp)	Writes a key pair to a String

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

PEMTools

public PEMTools()

Method Details

writePEM

public static String writePEM(AKeyPair kp)

Writes a key pair to a String

Parameters:

kp - Key pair to write

Returns:

PEM String representation of key pair

readPEM

public static AKeyPair readPEM(String pem)
                        throws GeneralSecurityException

Read a key pair from a PEM String

Parameters:

pem - PEM String

Returns:

Key pair instance

Throws:

GeneralSecurityException - If a security error occurs

encryptPrivateKeyToPEM

public static String encryptPrivateKeyToPEM(PrivateKey privateKey,
 char[] password)
                                     throws Error

Encrypt a priavte key into a PEM formated text

Parameters:

privateKey - Private key to encrypt

password - Password to use for encryption

Returns:

PEM text that can be saved or sent to another keystore

Throws:

Error - Any encryption error that occurs

decryptPrivateKeyFromPEM

public static PrivateKey decryptPrivateKeyFromPEM(String pemText,
 char[] password)
                                           throws Error

Decrypt a PEM string to a private key. The PEM string must contain the "ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY" type.

Parameters:

PEM - PEM string to decode

password - Password that was used to encrypt the priavte key

Returns:

PrivateKey stored in the PEM

Throws:

Error - on reading the PEM, decryption and decoding the private key

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws Exception

Throws:

Exception