com.zipxap.vfs
Class CipherSettings

java.lang.Object
  com.zipxap.vfs.CipherSettings

public class CipherSettings
extends java.lang.Object

This class contains cipher settings that are used by this library to implement password based encryption.

Milestone	Who	Date, Time
Initial Version	K Penrose	June 2009

** Note that this table is not intended as an exhaustive list of subtle changes. It is intended to list changes that break the compatibility of older code, or major enhancements/rewrites

Constructor Summary

CipherSettings()
This constructor is usually for test purposes only.

CipherSettings(java.lang.String password, byte[] salt, int nIterations, java.lang.String confirmationText)
This is the preferred constructor.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getConfirmationText() The confirmation text can be used by an application, after decrypting, to confirm that the cipher settings are correct.
int	getNIterations()
java.lang.String	getPassword()
byte[]	getSalt()
void	setPassword(java.lang.String password) Set the password

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CipherSettings

public CipherSettings()

This constructor is usually for test purposes only.

CipherSettings

public CipherSettings(java.lang.String password,
                      byte[] salt,
                      int nIterations,
                      java.lang.String confirmationText)

This is the preferred constructor.

Parameters:

password -

salt - This should be a random sequence of 8 bytes.

nIterations - The number of times to apply the encryption/decryption.

confirmationText -

Method Detail

setPassword

public void setPassword(java.lang.String password)

Set the password

getPassword

public java.lang.String getPassword()

Returns:

the password

getSalt

public byte[] getSalt()

Returns:

the salt

getNIterations

public int getNIterations()

Returns:

the nIterations

getConfirmationText

public java.lang.String getConfirmationText()

The confirmation text can be used by an application, after decrypting, to confirm that the cipher settings are correct.

Returns:

the confirmationText