org.bouncycastle.crypto

Interface CharToByteConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

PasswordConverter

public interface CharToByteConverter

Interface for a converter that produces a byte encoding for a char array.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte[]	convert(char[] password) Return a byte encoded representation of the passed in password.
java.lang.String	getType() Return the type of the conversion.

Method Detail

getType

java.lang.String getType()

Return the type of the conversion.

Returns:

a type name for the conversion.

convert

byte[] convert(char[] password)

Return a byte encoded representation of the passed in password.

Parameters:

password - the characters to encode.

Returns:

a byte encoding of password.