org.apache.sshd.common
Interface KeyPairProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractGeneratorHostKeyProvider, AbstractKeyPairProvider, FileKeyPairProvider, PEMGeneratorHostKeyProvider, ResourceKeyPairProvider, SimpleGeneratorHostKeyProvider

public interface KeyPairProvider

Provider for key pairs. This provider is used on the server side to provide the host key, or on the client side to provide the user key.

Author:

Apache MINA SSHD Project

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	SSH_DSS SSH identifier for DSA keys
static java.lang.String	SSH_RSA SSH identifier for RSA keys

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getKeyTypes() Return a comma separated list of the key types available
java.security.KeyPair	loadKey(java.lang.String type) Load a key of the specified type which can be "ssh-rsa" or "ssh-dss".

Field Detail

SSH_RSA

static final java.lang.String SSH_RSA

SSH identifier for RSA keys

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Constant Field Values

SSH_DSS

static final java.lang.String SSH_DSS

SSH identifier for DSA keys

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

loadKey

java.security.KeyPair loadKey(java.lang.String type)

Load a key of the specified type which can be "ssh-rsa" or "ssh-dss". If there is no key of this type, return null

Parameters:

type - the type of key to load

Returns:

a valid key pair or null

getKeyTypes

java.lang.String getKeyTypes()

Return a comma separated list of the key types available

Returns:

the list of key availables