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/* AlgorithmParametersSpi.java --- Algorithm Parameters SPI

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package java.security;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.security.spec.AlgorithmParameterSpec;

import java.security.spec.InvalidParameterSpecException;

/**

 * AlgorithmParametersSpi is the Service Provider Interface

 * for the Algorithm Parameters class. This class is used

 * to manage the algorithm parameters.

 *

 * @since 1.2

 * @author Mark Benvenuto

 */

public abstract class AlgorithmParametersSpi

{

  /**

   * Creates a new instance of AlgorithmParametersSpi

   */

  public AlgorithmParametersSpi()

  {

  }

  /**

   * Initializes the engine with the specified

   * AlgorithmParameterSpec class.

   *

   * @param paramSpec A AlgorithmParameterSpec to initialize with

   *

   * @throws InvalidParameterSpecException For an inapporiate

   * ParameterSpec class

   */

  protected abstract void engineInit(AlgorithmParameterSpec paramSpec)

    throws InvalidParameterSpecException;

  /**

   * Initializes the engine with the specified

   * parameters stored in the byte array and decodes them

   * according to the ASN.1 specification. If the ASN.1

   * specification exists then it succeeds or else it throws

   * IOException.

   *

   * @param params Parameters to initialize with

   *

   * @throws IOException Decoding Error

   */

  protected abstract void engineInit(byte[]params) throws IOException;

  /**

   * Initializes the engine with the specified

   * parameters stored in the byte array and decodes them

   * according to the specified decoding specification.

   * If format is null, then it is decoded using the ASN.1

   * specification if it exists or else it throws

   * IOException.

   *

   * @param params Parameters to initialize with

   * @param format Name of decoding format to use

   *

   * @throws IOException Decoding Error

   */

  protected abstract void engineInit(byte[]params, String format)

    throws IOException;

  /**

   * Returns a specification of this AlgorithmParameters object.

   * paramSpec identifies the class to return the AlgortihmParameters

   * in.

   *

   * @param paramSpec Class to return AlgorithmParameters in

   *

   * @return the parameter specification

   *

   * @throws InvalidParameterSpecException if the paramSpec is an

   * invalid parameter class

   */

  protected abstract <T extends AlgorithmParameterSpec>

  T engineGetParameterSpec(Class<T> paramSpec)

    throws InvalidParameterSpecException;

  /**

   * Returns the parameters in the default encoding format.

   * The primary encoding format is ASN.1 format if it exists

   * for the specified type.

   *

   * @return byte array representing the parameters

   */

  protected abstract byte[] engineGetEncoded() throws IOException;

  /**

   * Returns the parameters in the specified encoding format.

   * If <code>format</code> is <code>null</code> then the

   * primary encoding format is used, the ASN.1 format,

   * if it exists for the specified type.

   *

   * @return byte array representing the parameters

   */

  protected abstract byte[] engineGetEncoded(String format)

    throws IOException;

  /**

   * Returns a string describing the parameters in the

   * AlgorithmParametersSpi class.

   *

   * @return A string representing the format of the parameters.

   */

  protected abstract String engineToString();

}