Returns the name of the encoding format associated with this
key specification.
If the opaque representation of a key
(see Key) can be transformed
(see KeyFactory)
into this key specification (or a subclass of it),
getFormat called
on the opaque key returns the same value as the
getFormat method
of this key specification.
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