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Provides support for building contexts for asymmetric cryptographic operations.

Extends

  • BaseCryptoClass

Extended by

Methods

buildDecryptionContext()

buildDecryptionContext(key): DecryptionContext Build a decryption context using the given private key. This context can be used to decrypt data that was encrypted with the corresponding public key.

Parameters

key
PrivateKey The private key to use for decryption.

Returns

DecryptionContext A decryption context.

Throws

AccessDeniedError If the key lacks the KeyPurpose.DECRYPT purpose.

buildEncryptionContext()

buildEncryptionContext(key): EncryptionContext Build an encryption context using the given public key. This context can be used to encrypt data that only the holder of the corresponding private key can decrypt.

Parameters

key
PublicKey The public key to use for encryption.

Returns

EncryptionContext An encryption context.

Throws

AccessDeniedError If the key lacks the KeyPurpose.ENCRYPT purpose.
Last modified on October 2, 2025