xjava.security.interfaces

Interface ElGamalPrivateKey

public interface ElGamalPrivateKey extends ElGamalKey, PrivateKey

The interface to an ElGamal private key.

References

Bruce Schneier, "Section 19.6 ElGamal," Applied Cryptography, Wiley 2nd Ed, 1996.

$Revision: 1.2 $

Since: IJCE 1.0.1

Author: David Hopwood

See Also: ElGamalKey java.security.Cipher java.security.Signature

Method Summary
BigIntegergetX()
Returns the value of x (the private key).

Method Detail

getX

public BigInteger getX()
Returns the value of x (the private key).

Returns: x as a java.math.BigInteger