How to determine whether EC Point is on curve?

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Question

I have an ECPoint object "pointW" that I would like to check for whether it actually lies on some EllipticCurve "curve". How can I do this? I would prefer a solution using Java Crypto API but Bouncy Castle would also be fine. Thank you!

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Solution

There might be a more straightforward way but if you've got the EllipticCurve object, you can always just substitute the coordinates of your point into the equation of the curve.

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