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package java.security.spec;

/**
 * The abstract key specification for a public or a private key in encoded
 * format.
 * 
 * @since Android 1.0
 */
public abstract class EncodedKeySpec implements KeySpec {
    // Encoded key
    private final byte[] encodedKey;

    /**
     * Creates a new {@code EncodedKeySpec} with the specified encoded key bytes.
     * 
     * @param encodedKey
     *            the encoded key bytes.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public EncodedKeySpec(byte[] encodedKey) {
        // Defensively copies parameter
        // to prevent subsequent modification
        this.encodedKey = new byte[encodedKey.length];
        System.arraycopy(encodedKey, 0,
                this.encodedKey, 0, this.encodedKey.length);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the encoded key bytes.
     * 
     * @return the encoded key bytes.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public byte[] getEncoded() {
        // Defensively copies private array
        // to prevent subsequent modification
        byte[] ret = new byte[encodedKey.length];
        System.arraycopy(encodedKey, 0, ret, 0, ret.length);
        return ret;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the name of the encoding format of this encoded key
     * specification.
     * 
     * @return the name of the encoding format of this encoded key
     *         specification.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public abstract String getFormat();
}
