symkey.h

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/*
* OctetString
* (C) 1999-2007 Jack Lloyd
*
* Botan is released under the Simplified BSD License (see license.txt)
*/
 
#ifndef BOTAN_SYMKEY_H_
#define BOTAN_SYMKEY_H_
 
#include <botan/secmem.h>
#include <span>
#include <string>
 
namespace Botan {
 
class RandomNumberGenerator;
 
/**
* Octet String
*/
class BOTAN_PUBLIC_API(2, 0) OctetString final {
   public:
      /**
      * @return size of this octet string in bytes
      */
      size_t length() const { return m_data.size(); }
 
      size_t size() const { return m_data.size(); }
 
      bool empty() const { return m_data.empty(); }
 
      /**
      * @return this object as a secure_vector<uint8_t>
      */
      secure_vector<uint8_t> bits_of() const { return m_data; }
 
      /**
      * @return start of this string
      */
      const uint8_t* begin() const { return m_data.data(); }
 
      /**
      * @return end of this string
      */
      const uint8_t* end() const { return begin() + m_data.size(); }
 
      /**
      * @return this encoded as hex
      */
      std::string to_string() const;
 
      /**
      * XOR the contents of another octet string into this one
      * @param other octet string
      * @return reference to this
      */
      OctetString& operator^=(const OctetString& other);
 
      /**
      * Force to have odd parity
      *
      * Deprecated. There is no reason to use this outside of interacting with
      * some very old or weird system which requires DES and also which do not
      * automatically ignore the parity bits.
      */
      BOTAN_DEPRECATED("Why would you need to do this") void set_odd_parity();
 
      /**
      * Create a new OctetString
      * @param str is a hex encoded string
      */
      explicit OctetString(std::string_view str = "");
 
      /**
      * Create a new random OctetString
      * @param rng is a random number generator
      * @param len is the desired length in bytes
      */
      OctetString(RandomNumberGenerator& rng, size_t len);
 
      /**
      * Create a new OctetString
      * @param in is an array
      * @param len is the length of in in bytes
      */
      OctetString(const uint8_t in[], size_t len);
 
      /**
      * Create a new OctetString
      * @param in a bytestring
      */
      explicit OctetString(std::span<const uint8_t> in) : m_data(in.begin(), in.end()) {}
 
      /**
      * Create a new OctetString
      * @param in a bytestring
      */
      explicit OctetString(secure_vector<uint8_t> in) : m_data(std::move(in)) {}
 
   private:
      secure_vector<uint8_t> m_data;
};
class BOTAN_PUBLIC_API(2, 0) OctetString final {…};
 
/**
* Compare two strings
* @param x an octet string
* @param y an octet string
* @return if x is equal to y
*/
BOTAN_PUBLIC_API(2, 0) bool operator==(const OctetString& x, const OctetString& y);
 
/**
* Compare two strings
* @param x an octet string
* @param y an octet string
* @return if x is not equal to y
*/
BOTAN_PUBLIC_API(2, 0) bool operator!=(const OctetString& x, const OctetString& y);
 
/**
* Concatenate two strings
* @param x an octet string
* @param y an octet string
* @return x concatenated with y
*/
BOTAN_PUBLIC_API(2, 0) OctetString operator+(const OctetString& x, const OctetString& y);
 
/**
* XOR two strings
* @param x an octet string
* @param y an octet string
* @return x XORed with y
*/
BOTAN_PUBLIC_API(2, 0) OctetString operator^(const OctetString& x, const OctetString& y);
 
/**
* Alternate name for octet string showing intent to use as a key
*/
using SymmetricKey = OctetString;
 
/**
* Alternate name for octet string showing intent to use as an IV
*/
using InitializationVector = OctetString;
 
}  // namespace Botan
 
#endif