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+package javax.crypto.interfaces;
+
+import javax.crypto.SecretKey;
+
+/**
+ * The interface to a PBE key.
+ * 
+ * @see PBEKeySpec, SecretKey
+ */
+public interface PBEKey
+    extends SecretKey
+{
+    /**
+     * Returns the password.
+     * 
+     * Note: this method should return a copy of the password. It is the
+     * caller's responsibility to zero out the password information after it is
+     * no longer needed.
+     * 
+     * @return the password.
+     */
+    public char[] getPassword();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the salt or null if not specified.
+     * 
+     * Note: this method should return a copy of the salt. It is the caller's
+     * responsibility to zero out the salt information after it is no longer
+     * needed.
+     * 
+     * @return the salt.
+     */
+    public byte[] getSalt();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the iteration count or 0 if not specified.
+     * 
+     * @return the iteration count.
+     */
+    public int getIterationCount();
+}