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/* * Copyright 2013 mpowers * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.completetrsst.crypto; import java.security.GeneralSecurityException; import java.security.KeyFactory; import java.security.PublicKey; import java.security.spec.X509EncodedKeySpec; import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64; /** * Shared utilities and constants used by both clients and servers. * * @author mpowers */ public class Common { /** * Converts a X509-encoded EC key to a PublicKey. */ public static PublicKey toPublicKeyFromX509(String stored) throws GeneralSecurityException { KeyFactory factory = KeyFactory.getInstance("EC"); byte[] data = Base64.decodeBase64(stored); X509EncodedKeySpec spec = new X509EncodedKeySpec(data); return factory.generatePublic(spec); } /** * Converts an EC PublicKey to an X509-encoded string. */ public static String toX509FromPublicKey(PublicKey publicKey) throws GeneralSecurityException { KeyFactory factory = KeyFactory.getInstance("EC"); X509EncodedKeySpec spec = factory.getKeySpec(publicKey, X509EncodedKeySpec.class); return new Base64(0, null, true).encodeToString(spec.getEncoded()); } }