On Thu, 9 May 2024 16:19:36 GMT, Kevin Driver <kdri...@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).
>
> Kevin Driver has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a 
> merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes 
> brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains ten additional 
> commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - move the test to the correct directory, which was already created
>  - tests passing
>  - start deriveKey
>  - remove SHA224 mentions
>  - remove SHA224 mentions
>  - additional helper methods
>  - parameter validation for impl
>  - parameter validation for impl
>  - initial commit into open

src/java.base/share/classes/javax/crypto/KDFSpi.java line 45:

> 43:      * provides access to the KDF alg params for implementers of the Spi
> 44:      */
> 45:     protected final AlgorithmParameterSpec algorithmParameterSpec;

Putting the parameter object here means every time a subclass wants to use it 
it needs to cast it to a child type. If it's not used inside this class, I 
suggest each sub class maintaining its own.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18924#discussion_r1595704779

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