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+/*
+ * Copyright 2001-2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
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+ */
+
+package javax.crypto.interfaces;
+
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+
+/**
+ * The interface to a PBE key.
+ *
+ * @author Valerie Peng
+ *
+ * @see javax.crypto.spec.PBEKeySpec
+ * @see javax.crypto.SecretKey
+ * @since 1.4
+ */
+public interface PBEKey extends javax.crypto.SecretKey {
+
+    /**
+     * The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization
+     * compatibility since J2SE 1.4.
+     */
+    static final long serialVersionUID = -1430015993304333921L;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the password.
+     *
+     * <p> Note: this method should return a copy of the password. It is
+     * the caller's responsibility to zero out the password information after
+     * it is no longer needed.
+     *
+     * @return the password.
+     */
+    char[] getPassword();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the salt or null if not specified.
+     *
+     * <p> Note: this method should return a copy of the salt. It is
+     * the caller's responsibility to zero out the salt information after
+     * it is no longer needed.
+     *
+     * @return the salt.
+     */
+    byte[] getSalt();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the iteration count or 0 if not specified.
+     *
+     * @return the iteration count.
+     */
+    int getIterationCount();
+}