See: Description
| Interface | Description |
|---|---|
| AlgorithmConstraints |
This interface specifies constraints for cryptographic algorithms,
keys (key sizes), and other algorithm parameters.
|
| Certificate | Deprecated
A new certificate handling package is created in the Java platform.
|
| DomainCombiner |
A
DomainCombiner provides a means to dynamically
update the ProtectionDomains associated with the current
AccessControlContext. |
| Guard |
This interface represents a guard, which is an object that is used
to protect access to another object.
|
| Key |
The Key interface is the top-level interface for all keys.
|
| KeyStore.Entry |
A marker interface for
KeyStore entry types. |
| KeyStore.Entry.Attribute |
An attribute associated with a keystore entry.
|
| KeyStore.LoadStoreParameter | |
| KeyStore.ProtectionParameter |
A marker interface for keystore protection parameters.
|
| Policy.Parameters |
This represents a marker interface for Policy parameters.
|
| Principal |
This interface represents the abstract notion of a principal, which
can be used to represent any entity, such as an individual, a
corporation, and a login id.
|
| PrivateKey |
A private key.
|
| PrivilegedAction<T> |
A computation to be performed with privileges enabled.
|
| PrivilegedExceptionAction<T> |
A computation to be performed with privileges enabled, that throws one or
more checked exceptions.
|
| PublicKey |
A public key.
|
| Class | Description |
|---|---|
| AccessControlContext |
An AccessControlContext is used to make system resource access decisions
based on the context it encapsulates.
|
| AccessController |
The AccessController class is used for access control operations
and decisions.
|
| AlgorithmParameterGenerator |
The
AlgorithmParameterGenerator class is used to generate a
set of
parameters to be used with a certain algorithm. |
| AlgorithmParameterGeneratorSpi |
This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI)
for the
AlgorithmParameterGenerator class, which
is used to generate a set of parameters to be used with a certain algorithm. |
| AlgorithmParameters |
This class is used as an opaque representation of cryptographic parameters.
|
| AlgorithmParametersSpi |
This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI)
for the
AlgorithmParameters class, which is used to manage
algorithm parameters. |
| AllPermission |
The AllPermission is a permission that implies all other permissions.
|
| AuthProvider |
This class defines login and logout methods for a provider.
|
| BasicPermission |
The BasicPermission class extends the Permission class, and
can be used as the base class for permissions that want to
follow the same naming convention as BasicPermission.
|
| CodeSigner |
This class encapsulates information about a code signer.
|
| CodeSource |
This class extends the concept of a codebase to
encapsulate not only the location (URL) but also the certificate chains
that were used to verify signed code originating from that location.
|
| DigestInputStream |
A transparent stream that updates the associated message digest using
the bits going through the stream.
|
| DigestOutputStream |
A transparent stream that updates the associated message digest using
the bits going through the stream.
|
| DomainLoadStoreParameter |
Configuration data that specifies the keystores in a keystore domain.
|
| GuardedObject |
A GuardedObject is an object that is used to protect access to
another object.
|
| Identity | Deprecated
This class is no longer used.
|
| IdentityScope | Deprecated
This class is no longer used.
|
| KeyFactory |
Key factories are used to convert keys (opaque
cryptographic keys of type
Key) into key specifications
(transparent representations of the underlying key material), and vice
versa. |
| KeyFactorySpi |
This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI)
for the
KeyFactory class. |
| KeyPair |
This class is a simple holder for a key pair (a public key and a
private key).
|
| KeyPairGenerator |
The KeyPairGenerator class is used to generate pairs of
public and private keys.
|
| KeyPairGeneratorSpi |
This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI)
for the
KeyPairGenerator class, which is used to generate
pairs of public and private keys. |
| KeyRep |
Standardized representation for serialized Key objects.
|
| KeyStore |
This class represents a storage facility for cryptographic
keys and certificates.
|
| KeyStore.Builder |
A description of a to-be-instantiated KeyStore object.
|
| KeyStore.CallbackHandlerProtection |
A ProtectionParameter encapsulating a CallbackHandler.
|
| KeyStore.PasswordProtection |
A password-based implementation of
ProtectionParameter. |
| KeyStore.PrivateKeyEntry |
A
KeyStore entry that holds a PrivateKey
and corresponding certificate chain. |
| KeyStore.SecretKeyEntry |
A
KeyStore entry that holds a SecretKey. |
| KeyStore.TrustedCertificateEntry |
A
KeyStore entry that holds a trusted
Certificate. |
| KeyStoreSpi |
This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI)
for the
KeyStore class. |
| MessageDigest |
This MessageDigest class provides applications the functionality of a
message digest algorithm, such as SHA-1 or SHA-256.
|
| MessageDigestSpi |
This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI)
for the
MessageDigest class, which provides the functionality
of a message digest algorithm, such as MD5 or SHA. |
| Permission |
Abstract class for representing access to a system resource.
|
| PermissionCollection |
Abstract class representing a collection of Permission objects.
|
| Permissions |
This class represents a heterogeneous collection of Permissions.
|
| PKCS12Attribute |
An attribute associated with a PKCS12 keystore entry.
|
| Policy |
A Policy object is responsible for determining whether code executing
in the Java runtime environment has permission to perform a
security-sensitive operation.
|
| PolicySpi |
This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI)
for the
Policy class. |
| ProtectionDomain |
The ProtectionDomain class encapsulates the characteristics of a domain,
which encloses a set of classes whose instances are granted a set
of permissions when being executed on behalf of a given set of Principals.
|
| Provider |
This class represents a "provider" for the
Java Security API, where a provider implements some or all parts of
Java Security.
|
| Provider.Service |
The description of a security service.
|
| SecureClassLoader |
This class extends ClassLoader with additional support for defining
classes with an associated code source and permissions which are
retrieved by the system policy by default.
|
| SecureRandom |
This class provides a cryptographically strong random number
generator (RNG).
|
| SecureRandomSpi |
This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI)
for the
SecureRandom class. |
| Security |
This class centralizes all security properties and common security
methods.
|
| SecurityPermission |
This class is for security permissions.
|
| Signature |
The Signature class is used to provide applications the functionality
of a digital signature algorithm.
|
| SignatureSpi |
This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI)
for the
Signature class, which is used to provide the
functionality of a digital signature algorithm. |
| SignedObject |
SignedObject is a class for the purpose of creating authentic
runtime objects whose integrity cannot be compromised without being
detected.
|
| Signer | Deprecated
This class is no longer used.
|
| Timestamp |
This class encapsulates information about a signed timestamp.
|
| UnresolvedPermission |
The UnresolvedPermission class is used to hold Permissions that
were "unresolved" when the Policy was initialized.
|
| URIParameter |
A parameter that contains a URI pointing to data intended for a
PolicySpi or ConfigurationSpi implementation.
|
| Enum | Description |
|---|---|
| CryptoPrimitive |
An enumeration of cryptographic primitives.
|
| KeyRep.Type |
Key type.
|
| Exception | Description |
|---|---|
| AccessControlException |
This exception is thrown by the AccessController to indicate
that a requested access (to a critical system resource such as the
file system or the network) is denied.
|
| DigestException |
This is the generic Message Digest exception.
|
| GeneralSecurityException |
The
GeneralSecurityException class is a generic
security exception class that provides type safety for all the
security-related exception classes that extend from it. |
| InvalidAlgorithmParameterException |
This is the exception for invalid or inappropriate algorithm parameters.
|
| InvalidKeyException |
This is the exception for invalid Keys (invalid encoding, wrong
length, uninitialized, etc).
|
| InvalidParameterException |
This exception, designed for use by the JCA/JCE engine classes,
is thrown when an invalid parameter is passed
to a method.
|
| KeyException |
This is the basic key exception.
|
| KeyManagementException |
This is the general key management exception for all operations
dealing with key management.
|
| KeyStoreException |
This is the generic KeyStore exception.
|
| NoSuchAlgorithmException |
This exception is thrown when a particular cryptographic algorithm is
requested but is not available in the environment.
|
| NoSuchProviderException |
This exception is thrown when a particular security provider is
requested but is not available in the environment.
|
| PrivilegedActionException |
This exception is thrown by
doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction) and
doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction,
AccessControlContext context) to indicate
that the action being performed threw a checked exception. |
| ProviderException |
A runtime exception for Provider exceptions (such as
misconfiguration errors or unrecoverable internal errors),
which may be subclassed by Providers to
throw specialized, provider-specific runtime errors.
|
| SignatureException |
This is the generic Signature exception.
|
| UnrecoverableEntryException |
This exception is thrown if an entry in the keystore cannot be recovered.
|
| UnrecoverableKeyException |
This exception is thrown if a key in the keystore cannot be recovered.
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