com.couchbase.lite

Class EncryptionKey

java.lang.Object

com.couchbase.lite.EncryptionKey

public class EncryptionKey
extends Object

The encryption key, a raw AES-256 key data which has exactly 32 bytes in length or a password string. If the password string is given, it will be internally converted to a raw AES key using 64,000 rounds of PBKDF2 hashing.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
EncryptionKey(byte[] key) Initializes the encryption key with a raw AES-256 key data which has 32 bytes in length.
EncryptionKey(String password) Initializes the encryption key with the given password string.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

EncryptionKey

public EncryptionKey(byte[] key)

Initializes the encryption key with a raw AES-256 key data which has 32 bytes in length. To create a key, generate random data using a secure cryptographic randomizer.

Parameters:

key - The raw AES-256 key data

EncryptionKey

public EncryptionKey(String password)

Initializes the encryption key with the given password string. The password string will be internally converted to a raw AES-256 key using 64,000 rounds of PBKDF2 hashing.

Parameters:

password - The password string.