RFR: 8331008: Implement JEP 478: Key Derivation Function API (Preview) [v77]

[Alan Bateman]

On Wed, 15 May 2024 19:59:59 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).
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> Kevin Driver has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   javadoc formatting

Back to the question about delayed provider selection and concurrent threads using a shared KDF instance to derive a key or raw data.  Is it possible that InvalidParameterSpecException may be thrown intermittently in that scenario? I'm trying to assess if the issues with delayed provider selection is a major design issue or not.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18924#issuecomment-2114248643