com.sshtools.publickey
Interface SshPublicKeyFile

All Known Implementing Classes:

OpenSSHPublicKeyFile, SECSHPublicKeyFile

public interface SshPublicKeyFile

Interface which all public key formats must implement to provide decoding of the public key into a suitable format for the API.

Author:

Lee David Painter

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getComment() Get the comment applied to the key file.
byte[]	getFormattedKey() Get the formatted key.
java.lang.String	getOptions() Get the options string applied to the key file
SshPublicKey	toPublicKey() Convert the key file into a usable SshPublicKey.

Method Detail

toPublicKey

SshPublicKey toPublicKey()
                         throws java.io.IOException

Convert the key file into a usable SshPublicKey.

Returns:

SshPublicKey

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getComment

java.lang.String getComment()

Get the comment applied to the key file.

Returns:

String

getFormattedKey

byte[] getFormattedKey()
                       throws java.io.IOException

Get the formatted key.

Returns:

byte[]

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getOptions

java.lang.String getOptions()

Get the options string applied to the key file

Returns:

options string