RFR: 8331008: KDF Implementation

Sean Mullan mullan at openjdk.org
Wed May 8 20:46:53 UTC 2024


On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:42:51 GMT, Kevin Driver <kdriver at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Introduce an API for Key Derivation Functions (KDFs), which are cryptographic algorithms for deriving additional keys from a secret key and other data. See [JEP 478](https://openjdk.org/jeps/478).

src/java.base/share/classes/javax/crypto/spec/KDFParameterSpec.java line 32:

> 30:  *
> 31:  * <P> This interface contains no methods or constants. Its only purpose
> 32:  * is to group (and provide type safety for) all parameter specifications. All KDF parameter

The words "all parameter specifications" is too general as this is specific to KDF. I would probably change this to "all KDF parameter specifications." Then you don't need the last sentence as it says the same thing.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18924#discussion_r1594611301



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