CryptoAlgorithm (JavaDocs for mmm-all 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT)

All Known Subinterfaces:

AbstractDecryptor, AbstractEncryptor, AsymmetricKeyCreator<PR,PU,PAIR>, CryptoChunker, CryptoProcessor, Cryptor, Decryptor, Encryptor, HashCreator, KeyCreator, RandomCreator, SignatureProcessor, SignatureSigner<S>, SignatureSignerSimple, SignatureVerifier<S>, SignatureVerifierSimple, SymmetricKeyCreator<K>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAsymmetricKeyCreator, AbstractCryptoAlgorithmWithProvider, AbstractCryptoAlgorithmWithRandom, AbstractSecurityAlgorithm, AsymmetricCryptorConfig, AsymmetricCryptorConfigEcIes, AsymmetricCryptorConfigRsa, AsymmetricCryptorFactoryImpl, AsymmetricKeyCreatorEcBc, AsymmetricKeyCreatorImpl, AsymmetricKeyCreatorRsa, CipherTransformation, CryptoAlgorithmConfig, CryptoAlgorithmImpl, CryptoAlgorithmImplWithRandom, CryptorConfig, CryptorFactoryImpl, CryptorImplCipher, CryptorImplCombined, DecryptorImplCipher, DecryptorImplCombined, EncryptorImplCiper, EncryptorImplCombined, HashConfig, HashCreatorImplCombined, HashCreatorImplDigest, HashCreatorImplMultipleRounds, KeyConfig, Md5, RandomConfig, RandomConfigSha1Prng, RandomCreatorImpl, RandomFactoryImpl, RipeMd, RipeMd128, RipeMd160, RipeMd256, RipeMd320, Sha1, Sha2, Sha224, Sha256, Sha384, Sha512, SignatureAlgorithm, SignatureConfig, SignatureConfigEcDsa, SignatureConfigRsa, SignatureProcessorFactoryImpl, SignatureProcessorFactoryImplEcBc, SignatureProcessorImpl, SignatureProcessorImplEcBc, SignatureProcessorImplWithHash, SignatureSignerImpl, SignatureSignerImplCryptorWithHash, SignatureSignerImplEcBc, SignatureSignerImplWithHash, SignatureVerifierImpl, SignatureVerifierImplCryptorWithHash, SignatureVerifierImplEcBc, SignatureVerifierImplWithHash, SymmetricCryptorConfig, SymmetricCryptorConfigAes, SymmetricCryptorFactoryImpl, SymmetricKeyConfig, SymmetricKeyConfigPbe, SymmetricKeyCreatorImpl
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public interface CryptoAlgorithm
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The abstract interface for any object that is based on a security algorithm.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  String getAlgorithm()

- Method Detail
  - getAlgorithm
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String getAlgorithm()
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    Returns:
    
    the name of the underlying algorithm (e.g. "RSA", "NONEwithECDSA", etc.).
    
    See Also:
    
    Key.getAlgorithm(), Signature.getAlgorithm(), MessageDigest.getAlgorithm(), SecureRandom.getAlgorithm(), Cipher.getAlgorithm()