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/* KeyPairGenerator.java --- Key Pair Generator Class
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package java.security;
import java.security.spec.AlgorithmParameterSpec;

/**
   KeyPairGenerator is the class used to generate key pairs
   for a security algorithm.

   The KeyPairGenerator is created with the getInstance()
   methods. The class is used to generate public and private
   keys for an algorithm and associate it with 
   algorithm parameters.

   @author Mark Benvenuto
 */
public abstract class KeyPairGenerator extends KeyPairGeneratorSpi
{
  private Provider provider;
  private String algorithm;

  /**
     Constructs a new KeyPairGenerator

     @param algorithm the algorithm to use
   */
  protected KeyPairGenerator(String algorithm)
  {
    this.algorithm = algorithm;
    this.provider = null;
  }

  /**
     Returns the name of the algorithm used

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

  /** 
     Gets an instance of the KeyPairGenerator class 
     which generates key pairs 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 KeyPairGenerator getInstance(String algorithm) throws
    NoSuchAlgorithmException
  {
    Provider[] p = Security.getProviders();

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

    throw new NoSuchAlgorithmException(algorithm);
  }

  /** 
     Gets an instance of the KeyPairGenerator class 
     which generates key pairs 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 KeyPairGenerator getInstance(String algorithm, String provider)
    throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, NoSuchProviderException
  {
    Provider p = Security.getProvider(provider);
    if (p == null)
      throw new NoSuchProviderException();

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

  private static KeyPairGenerator getInstance(String classname,
					      String algorithm,
					      Provider provider)
    throws NoSuchAlgorithmException
  {
    try
      {
	Object o = Class.forName(classname).newInstance();
	KeyPairGenerator kpg;
	if (o instanceof KeyPairGeneratorSpi)
	  kpg =
	    (KeyPairGenerator) (new
				DummyKeyPairGenerator((KeyPairGeneratorSpi) o,
						      algorithm));
	else
	  {
	    kpg = (KeyPairGenerator) o;
	    kpg.algorithm = algorithm;
	  }

	kpg.provider = provider;
	return kpg;
      }
    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 KeyPairGenerator for the specified key size.
     (Since no source of randomness is specified, a default one is
     provided.)

     @param keysize Size of key to generate
   */
  public void initialize(int keysize)
  {
    initialize(keysize, new SecureRandom());
  }

  /**
     Initializes the KeyPairGenerator for the specified key size
     and specified SecureRandom.

     @param keysize Size of key to generate
     @param random SecureRandom to use

     @since JDK 1.2
   */
  public void initialize(int keysize, SecureRandom random)
  {
    initialize(keysize, random);
  }

  /**
     Initializes the KeyPairGenerator with the specified
     AlgorithmParameterSpec class.
     (Since no source of randomness is specified, a default one is
     provided.)

     @param params AlgorithmParameterSpec to initialize with

     @since JDK 1.2
   */
  public void initialize(AlgorithmParameterSpec params)
    throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException
  {
    initialize(params, new SecureRandom());
  }

  /**
     Initializes the KeyPairGenerator with the specified
     AlgorithmParameterSpec class and specified SecureRandom.

     @param params AlgorithmParameterSpec to initialize with
     @param random SecureRandom to use

     @since JDK 1.2
   */
  public void initialize(AlgorithmParameterSpec params, SecureRandom random)
    throws InvalidAlgorithmParameterException
  {
    super.initialize(params, random);
  }

  /**
     Generates a KeyPair according the rules for the algorithm.
     Unless intialized, algorithm defaults will be used. It 
     creates a unique key pair each time.

     Same as generateKeyPair();

     @return a key pair
   */
  public final KeyPair genKeyPair()
  {
    try
      {
	return getInstance("DSA", "GNU").generateKeyPair();
      }
    catch (Exception e)
      {
	System.err.println("genKeyPair failed: " + e);
	e.printStackTrace();
	return null;
      }
  }

  /**
     Generates a KeyPair according the rules for the algorithm.
     Unless intialized, algorithm defaults will be used. It 
     creates a unique key pair each time.

     Same as genKeyPair();

     @return a key pair
   */
  public KeyPair generateKeyPair()
  {
    return genKeyPair();
  }
}