javax.crypto.KeyAgreement

public class KeyAgreement extends Object

This class provides the functionality of a key agreement (or key exchange) protocol.

The keys involved in establishing a shared secret are created by one of the key generators (KeyPairGenerator or KeyGenerator), a KeyFactory, or as a result from an intermediate phase of the key agreement protocol.

For each of the correspondents in the key exchange, doPhase needs to be called. For example, if this key exchange is with one other party, doPhase needs to be called once, with the lastPhase flag set to true. If this key exchange is with two other parties, doPhase needs to be called twice, the first time setting the lastPhase flag to false, and the second time setting it to true. There may be any number of parties involved in a key exchange. However, support for key exchanges with more than two parties is implementation specific or as specified by the standard key agreement algorithm.

Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support the following standard KeyAgreement algorithm:

DiffieHellman

This algorithm is described in the KeyAgreement section of the Java Security Standard Algorithm Names Specification. Consult the release documentation for your implementation to see if any other algorithms are supported.

Since:

1.4

See Also:

Class KeyAgreement