Package com.couchbase.lite

Class EncryptionKey

java.lang.Object

com.couchbase.lite.EncryptionKey

public final class EncryptionKey
extends Object

ENTERPRISE EDITION API

An encryption key for a database. This is a symmetric key that be kept secret. It should be stored either in the Keychain, or in the user's memory (hopefully not a sticky note.)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
EncryptionKey(byte[] key)	Initializes the encryption key with a raw AES-128 key 16 bytes in length.
EncryptionKey(String password)	Initializes the encryption key from 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 Details

EncryptionKey

public EncryptionKey(@NonNull
 byte[] key)

Initializes the encryption key with a raw AES-128 key 16 bytes in length. To create a key, generate random data using a secure cryptographic randomizer.

Parameters:

key - The raw AES-128 key data.

EncryptionKey

public EncryptionKey(@NonNull
 String password)

Initializes the encryption key from the given password string. The password string will be internally converted to a raw AES-128 key using 64,000 rounds of PBKDF2 hashing.

Parameters:

password - The password string.