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/* DSAKeyPairGenerator.java -- Initialize a DSA key generator

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package java.security.interfaces;

import java.security.InvalidParameterException;

import java.security.SecureRandom;

/**

 * This interface contains methods for intializing a Digital Signature

 * Algorithm key generation engine.  The initialize methods may be called

 * any number of times.  If no explicity initialization call is made, then

 * the engine defaults to generating 1024-bit keys using pre-calculated

 * base, prime, and subprime values.

 *

 * @version 0.0

 *

 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)

 */

public interface DSAKeyPairGenerator

{

  /**

   * Initializes the key generator with the specified DSA parameters and

   * random bit source

   *

   * @param params The DSA parameters to use

   * @param random The random bit source to use

   *

   * @exception InvalidParameterException If the parameters passed are not valid

   */

  void initialize (DSAParams params, SecureRandom random)

    throws InvalidParameterException;

  /**

   * Initializes the key generator to a give modulus.  If the <code>genParams</code>

   * value is <code>true</code> then new base, prime, and subprime values

   * will be generated for the given modulus.  If not, the pre-calculated

   * values will be used.  If no pre-calculated values exist for the specified

   * modulus, an exception will be thrown.  It is guaranteed that there will

   * always be pre-calculated values for all modulus values between 512 and

   * 1024 bits inclusives.

   *

   * @param modlen The modulus length

   * @param genParams <code>true</code> to generate new DSA parameters, <code>false</code> otherwise

   * @param random The random bit source to use

   *

   * @exception InvalidParameterException If a parameter is invalid

   */

  void initialize (int modlen, boolean genParams, SecureRandom random)

    throws InvalidParameterException;

}