org.apache.commons.ssl.util

Class PublicKeyDeriver

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.ssl.util.PublicKeyDeriver

public class PublicKeyDeriver
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class for deriving a public key from a given private key.

Since:

November 14th, 2007

Author:

Chad La Joie

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PublicKeyDeriver()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.security.PublicKey	derivePublicKey(java.security.PrivateKey key) Utility method for deriving a public key from a given private key.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PublicKeyDeriver

public PublicKeyDeriver()

Method Detail

derivePublicKey

public static java.security.PublicKey derivePublicKey(java.security.PrivateKey key)
                                               throws java.security.GeneralSecurityException

Utility method for deriving a public key from a given private key.

Parameters:

key - private key for which we need a public key (DSA or RSA).

Returns:

the corresponding public key

Throws:

java.security.GeneralSecurityException - if it didn't work