Uses of Interface javax.security.auth.Destroyable (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2026-08-19

## Uses of Interface
javax.security.auth.Destroyable

- Packages that use Destroyable
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.security | Provides the classes and interfaces for the security framework.
  java.security.interfaces | Provides interfaces for generating RSA (Rivest, Shamir and Adleman AsymmetricCipher algorithm) keys as defined in the RSA Laboratory Technical Note PKCS#1, and DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm) keys as defined in NIST's FIPS-186.
  javax.crypto | Provides the classes and interfaces for cryptographic operations.
  javax.crypto.interfaces | Provides interfaces for Diffie-Hellman keys as defined in RSA Laboratories' PKCS #3.
  javax.crypto.spec | Provides classes and interfaces for key specifications and algorithm parameter specifications.
  javax.security.auth.kerberos | This package contains utility classes related to the Kerberos network authentication protocol.
  javax.security.auth.x500 | This package contains the classes that should be used to store X500 Principal and X500 Private Credentials in a Subject.

- - ### Uses of Destroyable in java.security

    Subinterfaces of Destroyable in java.security
    Modifier and Type | Interface and Description
    --- | ---
    `interface` | `PrivateKey` A private key.

    Classes in java.security that implement Destroyable
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `static class` | `KeyStore.PasswordProtection` A password-based implementation of `ProtectionParameter`.

  - ### Uses of Destroyable in java.security.interfaces

    Subinterfaces of Destroyable in java.security.interfaces
    Modifier and Type | Interface and Description
    --- | ---
    `interface` | `DSAPrivateKey` The standard interface to a DSA private key.
    `interface` | `ECPrivateKey` The interface to an elliptic curve (EC) private key.
    `interface` | `RSAMultiPrimePrivateCrtKey` The interface to an RSA multi-prime private key, as defined in the PKCS#1 v2.2 standard, using the Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT) information values.
    `interface` | `RSAPrivateCrtKey` The interface to an RSA private key, as defined in the PKCS#1 v2.2 standard, using the Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT) information values.
    `interface` | `RSAPrivateKey` The interface to an RSA private key.

  - ### Uses of Destroyable in javax.crypto

    Subinterfaces of Destroyable in javax.crypto
    Modifier and Type | Interface and Description
    --- | ---
    `interface` | `SecretKey` A secret (symmetric) key.

  - ### Uses of Destroyable in javax.crypto.interfaces

    Subinterfaces of Destroyable in javax.crypto.interfaces
    Modifier and Type | Interface and Description
    --- | ---
    `interface` | `DHPrivateKey` The interface to a Diffie-Hellman private key.
    `interface` | `PBEKey` The interface to a PBE key.

  - ### Uses of Destroyable in javax.crypto.spec

    Classes in javax.crypto.spec that implement Destroyable
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `SecretKeySpec` This class specifies a secret key in a provider-independent fashion.

  - ### Uses of Destroyable in javax.security.auth.kerberos

    Classes in javax.security.auth.kerberos that implement Destroyable
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `KerberosKey` This class encapsulates a long term secret key for a Kerberos principal.
    `class` | `KerberosTicket` This class encapsulates a Kerberos ticket and associated information as viewed from the client's point of view.

  - ### Uses of Destroyable in javax.security.auth.x500

    Classes in javax.security.auth.x500 that implement Destroyable
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `X500PrivateCredential` This class represents an `X500PrivateCredential`.

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