ostore.security.thresh
Class ThresholdPublicKey

java.lang.Object
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  +--ostore.security.thresh.ThresholdPublicKey

All Implemented Interfaces:

Key, PublicKey, QSPublicKey, QuickSerializable, Serializable

public class ThresholdPublicKey

extends Object

implements PublicKey, QSPublicKey

A public key class for threshold signatures.

Version:

$Id: ThresholdPublicKey.java,v 1.19 2002/08/02 19:53:08 geels Exp $

Author:

Sean C. Rhea

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface java.security.PublicKey

serialVersionUID

Constructor Summary

ThresholdPublicKey(InputBuffer buffer)

Method Summary

String	getAlgorithm()
byte[]	getEncoded()
String	getFormat()
PublicKey	key() Return the key associated with this object.
void	serialize(OutputBuffer buffer) Add the object to the buffer.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ThresholdPublicKey

public ThresholdPublicKey(InputBuffer buffer)
                   throws QSException

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

serialize

public void serialize(OutputBuffer buffer)

Description copied from interface: QuickSerializable

Add the object to the buffer.

Specified by:

serialize in interface QuickSerializable

Parameters:

buffer - the output buffer to add the object to

key

public PublicKey key()

Description copied from interface: QSPublicKey

Return the key associated with this object.

Specified by:

key in interface QSPublicKey

Returns:

the key associated with this object

getAlgorithm

public String getAlgorithm()

Specified by:

getAlgorithm in interface Key

getFormat

public String getFormat()

Specified by:

getFormat in interface Key

getEncoded

public byte[] getEncoded()

Specified by:

getEncoded in interface Key