aws / aws/aws-encryption-sdk-java

Support EC Algorithms/Keys

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Description

### Problem:

Currently elliptic curve keys do not work due to the "transform" wrapper requiring "RSA/ECB" algorithms which then results in the following stacktrace:

```
Caused by: java.security.InvalidKeyException: No installed provider supports this key: sun.security.ec.ECPublicKeyImpl
at javax.crypto.Cipher.chooseProvider(Cipher.java:896)
at javax.crypto.Cipher.init(Cipher.java:1399)
at javax.crypto.Cipher.init(Cipher.java:1330)
at com.amazonaws.encryptionsdk.internal.RsaJceKeyCipher.buildWrappingCipher(RsaJceKeyCipher.java:95)
at com.amazonaws.encryptionsdk.internal.JceKeyCipher.encryptKey(JceKeyCipher.java:89)
```
EC keys are becoming more and more popular so it would be highly beneficial if we could use EC keys with the encryption SDK.

### Solution:

Allow non-RSA/ECB algorithms for the wrapper in order to allow for EC-based algorithms such as "ECIESwithAES" provided by bouncycastle.

### Out of scope:

Is there anything the solution will intentionally NOT address?

[//]: # (NOTE: If you believe this might be a security issue, please email aws-security@amazon.com instead of creating a GitHub issue. For more details, see the AWS Vulnerability Reporting Guide: https://aws.amazon.com/security/vulnerability-reporting/ )

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