PrivateKeyEntrya
PrivateKeyEntrya is not a standard term in mainstream cryptography or Java security; it appears to be a misspelling or a project-specific variation. In common practice, the related concept is PrivateKeyEntry, an entry type used by Java’s KeyStore to store a private key together with its certificate chain. A PrivateKeyEntry enables cryptographic operations that require a private key, such as digital signing and decryption, while providing the chain of certificates that establishes trust for the corresponding public key.
A PrivateKeyEntry encapsulates two main components. The private key itself, represented by a PrivateKey instance, and
Accessing a PrivateKeyEntry occurs through a KeyStore instance. When a key entry is retrieved with the appropriate
Security considerations are central: private keys in a KeyStore are protected by a keystore password (and, in