Provides classes and interfaces for key specifications and algorithm parameter specifications.

A key specification is a transparent representation of the key material that constitutes a key. A key may be specified in an algorithm-specific way, or in an algorithm-independent encoding format (such as ASN.1).

## Package Specification

- PKCS #1: RSA Encryption Standard, Version 1.5, November 1993
- Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS PUB) 186: Digital Signature Standard (DSS)

## Related Documentation

For documentation that includes information about algorithm parameter and key specifications, please see:

- Java Cryptography Architecture API Specification and Reference

## SATSA Subset Description

This package is a subset of the `java.security.spec package` in the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, version 1.4.2. @since SATSA1.0