gnu.crypto.sig
Interface ISignatureCodec

All Known Implementing Classes:

DSSSignatureRawCodec, RSAPSSSignatureRawCodec

public interface ISignatureCodec

The visible methods of an object that knows how to encode and decode cryptographic signatures. Codecs are useful for (a) externalising signature output data for storage and on-the-wire transmission, as well as (b) re- creating their internal Java representation from external sources.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Field Summary

static int

RAW_FORMAT Constant identifying the Raw encoding format.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	decodeSignature(byte[] input)
byte[]	encodeSignature(java.lang.Object signature)
int	getFormatID()

Field Detail

RAW_FORMAT

public static final int RAW_FORMAT

Constant identifying the Raw encoding format.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getFormatID

public int getFormatID()

encodeSignature

public byte[] encodeSignature(java.lang.Object signature)

decodeSignature

public java.lang.Object decodeSignature(byte[] input)