What "SecretKeyFactory not available" does mean?

Question

What's wrong with this?

for (Object obj : java.security.Security.getAlgorithms("Cipher")) {
  System.out.println(obj);
}
javax.crypto.SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("AES");

This is the output (JDK 1.6 on Mac OS 10.6):

BLOWFISH
ARCFOUR
PBEWITHMD5ANDDES
RC2
RSA
PBEWITHMD5ANDTRIPLEDES
PBEWITHSHA1ANDDESEDE
DESEDE
AESWRAP
AES
DES
DESEDEWRAP
PBEWITHSHA1ANDRC2_40

java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException: AES SecretKeyFactory not available
 at javax.crypto.SecretKeyFactory.<init>(DashoA13*..)
 at javax.crypto.SecretKeyFactory.getInstance(DashoA13*..)
 ...

Answer 1

This is a verified java bug. See https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-7022467

EDIT: Different java versions support different algorithms, you can also extend it with custom providers and so on. Oracle has a list for java 6 here http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/security/SunProviders.html . For KeyFactory this is DSA.