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Class Acme.Crypto.Cipher 

java.lang.Object
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   +----Acme.Crypto.CryptoUtils
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           +----Acme.Crypto.Cipher
public abstract class Cipher
extends CryptoUtils
An encryption template.

Fetch the software.
Fetch the entire Acme package.

See Also:
StreamCipher, BlockCipher, EncryptedOutputStream, EncryptedInputStream

Variable Index

o keySize
How big a key is.

Constructor Index

o Cipher(int)
Constructor.

Method Index

o keySize()
Return how big a key is.
o makeKey(String)
Utility routine to turn a string into a key of the right length.
o setKey(byte[])
Set the key from a block of bytes.
o setKey(String)
Utility routine to set the key from a string.

Variables

o keySize 
 public int keySize
How big a key is. Keyless ciphers use 0. Variable-length-key ciphers also use 0.

Constructors

o Cipher 
 public Cipher(int keySize)
Constructor.

Methods

o keySize 
 public int keySize()
Return how big a key is.

o setKey 
 public abstract void setKey(byte key[])
Set the key from a block of bytes.

o setKey 
 public void setKey(String keyStr)
Utility routine to set the key from a string.

o makeKey 
 public byte[] makeKey(String keyStr)
Utility routine to turn a string into a key of the right length. 

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