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+/* PBEKey.java -- A key derived from a password.
+   Copyright (C) 2004  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
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+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
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+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
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+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
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+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package javax.crypto.interfaces;
+
+import javax.crypto.SecretKey;
+
+/**
+ * Interface to a password-derived key for password-based encryption
+ * (PBE). Applications working with a {@link javax.crypto.SecretKey}
+ * that is known to be a password-based key can safely cast such keys to
+ * this interface.
+ *
+ * @author Casey Marshall (csm@gnu.org)
+ * @since 1.4
+ */
+public interface PBEKey extends SecretKey
+{
+  /** Compatible with JDK1.4. */
+  long serialVersionUID = -1430015993304333921L;
+
+  /**
+   * Retruns the iteration count, or 0 if not specified.
+   *
+   * @return The iteration count.
+   */
+  int getIterationCount();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a copy of the password as a character array. It is the
+   * caller's responsibility to zero-out the password when it is no
+   * longer in use.
+   *
+   * <p>Although it is not specified in the documentation,
+   * implementations should not copy or clone the password array, but
+   * rather return the reference to the array itself, so the caller has
+   * the ability to erase the password.
+   *
+   * @return The password.
+   */
+  char[] getPassword();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a copy of the salt. It is the caller's responsibility to
+   * zero-out the salt when it is no longer in use.
+   *
+   * <p>Although it is not specified in the documentation,
+   * implementations should not copy or clone the salt array, but
+   * rather return the reference to the array itself, so the caller has
+   * the ability to erase the salt.
+   *
+   * @return The salt.
+   */
+  byte[] getSalt();
+}