| Package | Description | 
|---|---|
| java.security | Provides the classes and interfaces for the security framework. | 
| javax.crypto | Provides the classes and interfaces for cryptographic operations. | 
| javax.crypto.interfaces | Provides interfaces for Diffie-Hellman keys as defined in
RSA Laboratories' PKCS #3. | 
| javax.crypto.spec | Provides classes and interfaces for key specifications and algorithm
parameter specifications. | 
| javax.security.auth.kerberos | This package contains utility classes related to the Kerberos network
 authentication protocol. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| SecretKey | KeyStore.SecretKeyEntry. getSecretKey()Gets the  SecretKeyfrom this entry. | 
| Constructor and Description | 
|---|
| SecretKeyEntry(SecretKey secretKey)Constructs a  SecretKeyEntrywith aSecretKey. | 
| SecretKeyEntry(SecretKey secretKey,
              Set<KeyStore.Entry.Attribute> attributes)Constructs a  SecretKeyEntrywith aSecretKeyand
 associated entry attributes. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| protected abstract SecretKey | KeyGeneratorSpi. engineGenerateKey()Generates a secret key. | 
| protected abstract SecretKey | SecretKeyFactorySpi. engineGenerateSecret(KeySpec keySpec)Generates a  SecretKeyobject from the
 provided key specification (key material). | 
| protected abstract SecretKey | KeyAgreementSpi. engineGenerateSecret(String algorithm)Creates the shared secret and returns it as a secret key object
 of the requested algorithm type. | 
| protected abstract SecretKey | SecretKeyFactorySpi. engineTranslateKey(SecretKey key)Translates a key object, whose provider may be unknown or
 potentially untrusted, into a corresponding key object of this
 secret-key factory. | 
| SecretKey | KeyGenerator. generateKey()Generates a secret key. | 
| SecretKey | SecretKeyFactory. generateSecret(KeySpec keySpec)Generates a  SecretKeyobject from the provided key
 specification (key material). | 
| SecretKey | KeyAgreement. generateSecret(String algorithm)Creates the shared secret and returns it as a  SecretKeyobject of the specified algorithm. | 
| SecretKey | SecretKeyFactory. translateKey(SecretKey key)Translates a key object, whose provider may be unknown or potentially
 untrusted, into a corresponding key object of this secret-key factory. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| protected abstract KeySpec | SecretKeyFactorySpi. engineGetKeySpec(SecretKey key,
                Class<?> keySpec)Returns a specification (key material) of the given key
 object in the requested format. | 
| protected abstract SecretKey | SecretKeyFactorySpi. engineTranslateKey(SecretKey key)Translates a key object, whose provider may be unknown or
 potentially untrusted, into a corresponding key object of this
 secret-key factory. | 
| KeySpec | SecretKeyFactory. getKeySpec(SecretKey key,
          Class<?> keySpec)Returns a specification (key material) of the given key object
 in the requested format. | 
| SecretKey | SecretKeyFactory. translateKey(SecretKey key)Translates a key object, whose provider may be unknown or potentially
 untrusted, into a corresponding key object of this secret-key factory. | 
| Modifier and Type | Interface and Description | 
|---|---|
| interface  | PBEKeyThe interface to a PBE key. | 
| Modifier and Type | Class and Description | 
|---|---|
| class  | SecretKeySpecThis class specifies a secret key in a provider-independent fashion. | 
| Modifier and Type | Class and Description | 
|---|---|
| class  | KerberosKeyThis class encapsulates a long term secret key for a Kerberos
 principal. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| SecretKey | KerberosTicket. getSessionKey()Returns the session key associated with this ticket. | 
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