PGPKeyEncryptionMethodGenerator
Date: 2016-06-23

org.bouncycastle.openpgp.operator

## Class PGPKeyEncryptionMethodGenerator

- java.lang.Object
- - org.bouncycastle.openpgp.operator.PGPKeyEncryptionMethodGenerator

- Direct Known Subclasses:
    PBEKeyEncryptionMethodGenerator, PublicKeyKeyEncryptionMethodGenerator

      public abstract class PGPKeyEncryptionMethodGenerator
      extends java.lang.Object

  An encryption method that can be applied to encrypt data in a `PGPEncryptedDataGenerator`.

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `PGPKeyEncryptionMethodGenerator()`

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `abstract ContainedPacket` | `generate(int encAlgorithm, byte[] sessionInfo)` Generates a packet encoding the details of this encryption method.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### PGPKeyEncryptionMethodGenerator

          public PGPKeyEncryptionMethodGenerator()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### generate

          public abstract ContainedPacket generate(int encAlgorithm,
                                 byte[] sessionInfo)
                                            throws PGPException

      Generates a packet encoding the details of this encryption method.
      Parameters:
        `encAlgorithm` - the `encryption algorithm` being used
        `sessionInfo` - session data generated by the encrypted data generator.
      Returns:
        a packet encoding the provided information and the configuration of this instance.
      Throws:
        `PGPException` - if an error occurs constructing the packet.