AlgorithmParameterGenerator.java   [plain text]


/* AlgorithmParameterGenerator.java --- Algorithm Parameter Generator
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package java.security;
import java.security.spec.AlgorithmParameterSpec;

/**
   AlgorithmParameterGenerator is used to generate 
   algorithm parameters for specified algorithms.
   This class is used to generate the algorithm parameters
   for a specific algorithm.

   @since JDK 1.2
   @author Mark Benvenuto
 */
public class AlgorithmParameterGenerator
{
  private AlgorithmParameterGeneratorSpi paramGenSpi;
  private Provider provider;
  private String algorithm;

  /**
     Creates an instance of AlgorithmParameters

     @param paramSpi A parameters engine to use
     @param provider A provider to use
     @param algorithm The algorithm 
   */
  protected AlgorithmParameterGenerator(AlgorithmParameterGeneratorSpi
					paramGenSpi, Provider provider,
					String algorithm)
  {
    this.paramGenSpi = paramGenSpi;
    this.provider = provider;
    this.algorithm = algorithm;
  }

  /**
     Returns the name of the algorithm used

     @return A string with the name of the algorithm
   */
  public final String getAlgorithm()
  {
    return algorithm;
  }

  /** 
     Gets an instance of the AlgorithmParameterGenerator class 
     which generates algorithm parameters for the specified algorithm. 
     If the algorithm is not found then, it throws NoSuchAlgorithmException.

     @param algorithm the name of algorithm to choose
     @return a AlgorithmParameterGenerator repesenting the desired algorithm

     @throws NoSuchAlgorithmException if the algorithm is not implemented by providers
   */
  public static AlgorithmParameterGenerator getInstance(String algorithm)
    throws NoSuchAlgorithmException
  {
    Provider[] p = Security.getProviders();

    for (int i = 0; i < p.length; i++)
      {
	String classname =
	  p[i].getProperty("AlgorithmParameterGenerator." + algorithm);
	if (classname != null)
	  return getInstance(classname, algorithm, p[i]);
      }

    throw new NoSuchAlgorithmException(algorithm);
  }

  /** 
     Gets an instance of the AlgorithmParameterGenerator class 
     which generates algorithm parameters for the specified algorithm. 
     If the algorithm is not found then, it throws NoSuchAlgorithmException.

     @param algorithm the name of algorithm to choose
     @param provider the name of the provider to find the algorithm in
     @return a AlgorithmParameterGenerator repesenting the desired algorithm

     @throws NoSuchAlgorithmException if the algorithm is not implemented by the provider
     @throws NoSuchProviderException if the provider is not found
   */
  public static AlgorithmParameterGenerator getInstance(String algorithm,
							String provider)
    throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, NoSuchProviderException
  {
    Provider p = Security.getProvider(provider);
    if (p == null)
      throw new NoSuchProviderException();

    return getInstance(p.
		       getProperty("AlgorithmParameterGenerator." +
				   algorithm), algorithm, p);
  }

  private static AlgorithmParameterGenerator getInstance(String classname,
							 String algorithm,
							 Provider provider)
    throws NoSuchAlgorithmException
  {

    try
      {
	return new
	  AlgorithmParameterGenerator((AlgorithmParameterGeneratorSpi) Class.
				      forName(classname).newInstance(),
				      provider, algorithm);
      }
    catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe)
      {
	throw new NoSuchAlgorithmException("Class not found");
      }
    catch (InstantiationException ie)
      {
	throw new NoSuchAlgorithmException("Class instantiation failed");
      }
    catch (IllegalAccessException iae)
      {
	throw new NoSuchAlgorithmException("Illegal Access");
      }
  }

  /**
     Gets the provider that the class is from.

     @return the provider of this class
   */
  public final Provider getProvider()
  {
    return provider;
  }

  /**
     Initializes the Algorithm Parameter Generator with the specified
     size. (Since no source of randomness is supplied, a default
     one is supplied).

     @param size size (in bits) to use
   */
  public final void init(int size)
  {
    init(size, new SecureRandom());
  }

  /**
     Initializes the Algorithm Parameter Generator with the specified
     size and source of randomness.

     @param size size (in bits) to use
     @param random source of randomness to use
   */
  public final void init(int size, SecureRandom random)
  {
    paramGenSpi.engineInit(size, random);
  }

  /**
     Initializes the Algorithm Parameter Generator with the specified
     AlgorithmParameterSpec. (Since no source of randomness is supplied, 
     a default one is supplied).

     @param genParamSpec the AlgorithmParameterSpec class to use
   */
  public final void init(AlgorithmParameterSpec genParamSpec) throws
    InvalidAlgorithmParameterException
  {
    init(genParamSpec, new SecureRandom());
  }

  /**
     Initializes the Algorithm Parameter Generator with the specified
     AlgorithmParameterSpec and source of randomness.

     @param genParamSpec the AlgorithmParameterSpec class to use
     @param random source of randomness to use
   */
  public final void init(AlgorithmParameterSpec genParamSpec,
			 SecureRandom random) throws
    InvalidAlgorithmParameterException
  {
    paramGenSpi.engineInit(genParamSpec, random);
  }

  /**
     Generate a new set of AlgorithmParameters.

     @returns a new set of algorithm parameters
   */
  public final AlgorithmParameters generateParameters()
  {
    return paramGenSpi.engineGenerateParameters();
  }
}