# Uses of Package
java.security.interfaces

Packages that use java.security.interfaces
Package
Description
java.security.interfaces
Provides interfaces for generating RSA (Rivest, Shamir and Adleman AsymmetricCipher algorithm) keys as defined in the RSA Laboratory Technical Note PKCS#1, and DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm) keys as defined in NIST's FIPS-186.
java.security.spec
Provides classes and interfaces for key specifications and algorithm parameter specifications.

Classes in java.security.interfaces used by java.security.interfaces
Class
Description
DSAKey
The interface to a DSA public or private key.
DSAParams
Interface to a DSA-specific set of key parameters, which defines a DSA key family.
ECKey
The interface to an elliptic curve (EC) key.
EdECKey
An interface for an elliptic curve public/private key as defined by RFC 8032: Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA).
RSAKey
The interface to a public or private key in PKCS#1 v2.2 standard, such as those for RSA, or RSASSA-PSS algorithms.
RSAPrivateKey
The interface to an RSA private key.
XECKey
An interface for an elliptic curve public/private key as defined by RFC 7748.
Classes in java.security.interfaces used by java.security.spec
Class
Description
DSAParams
Interface to a DSA-specific set of key parameters, which defines a DSA key family.