2002/03/21 01:19:32

[org.ibex.core.git] / src / org / bouncycastle / crypto / AsymmetricCipherKeyPairGenerator.java

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+package org.bouncycastle.crypto;
+
+/**
+ * interface that a public/private key pair generator should conform to.
+ */
+public interface AsymmetricCipherKeyPairGenerator
+{
+    /**
+     * intialise the key pair generator.
+     *
+     * @param the parameters the key pair is to be initialised with.
+     */
+    public void init(KeyGenerationParameters param);
+
+    /**
+     * return an AsymmetricCipherKeyPair containing the generated keys.
+     *
+     * @return an AsymmetricCipherKeyPair containing the generated keys.
+     */
+    public AsymmetricCipherKeyPair generateKeyPair();
+}
+