eme.h

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/*
* EME Classes
* (C) 1999-2007 Jack Lloyd
*
* Botan is released under the Simplified BSD License (see license.txt)
*/

#ifndef BOTAN_PUBKEY_EME_ENCRYPTION_PAD_H_
#define BOTAN_PUBKEY_EME_ENCRYPTION_PAD_H_

#include <botan/secmem.h>

namespace Botan {

class RandomNumberGenerator;

/**
* Encoding Method for Encryption
*/
class BOTAN_PUBLIC_API(2,0) EME
   {
   public:
      virtual ~EME() = default;

      /**
      * Return the maximum input size in bytes we can support
      * @param keybits the size of the key in bits
      * @return upper bound of input in bytes
      */
      virtual size_t maximum_input_size(size_t keybits) const = 0;

      /**
      * Encode an input
      * @param in the plaintext
      * @param in_length length of plaintext in bytes
      * @param key_length length of the key in bits
      * @param rng a random number generator
      * @return encoded plaintext
      */
      secure_vector<uint8_t> encode(const uint8_t in[],
                                 size_t in_length,
                                 size_t key_length,
                                 RandomNumberGenerator& rng) const;

      /**
      * Encode an input
      * @param in the plaintext
      * @param key_length length of the key in bits
      * @param rng a random number generator
      * @return encoded plaintext
      */
      secure_vector<uint8_t> encode(const secure_vector<uint8_t>& in,
                                 size_t key_length,
                                 RandomNumberGenerator& rng) const;

      /**
      * Decode an input
      * @param valid_mask written to specifies if output is valid
      * @param in the encoded plaintext
      * @param in_len length of encoded plaintext in bytes
      * @return bytes of out[] written to along with
      *         validity mask (0xFF if valid, else 0x00)
      */
      virtual secure_vector<uint8_t> unpad(uint8_t& valid_mask,
                                        const uint8_t in[],
                                        size_t in_len) const = 0;

      /**
      * Encode an input
      * @param in the plaintext
      * @param in_length length of plaintext in bytes
      * @param key_length length of the key in bits
      * @param rng a random number generator
      * @return encoded plaintext
      */
      virtual secure_vector<uint8_t> pad(const uint8_t in[],
                                      size_t in_length,
                                      size_t key_length,
                                      RandomNumberGenerator& rng) const = 0;
   };

/**
* Factory method for EME (message-encoding methods for encryption) objects
* @param algo_spec the name of the EME to create
* @return pointer to newly allocated object of that type
*/
BOTAN_PUBLIC_API(2,0) EME*  get_eme(const std::string& algo_spec);

}

#endif