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25 
26 package java.security;
27 
28 import java.io.*;
29 import java.security.spec.AlgorithmParameterSpec;
30 import java.security.spec.InvalidParameterSpecException;
31 
32 /**
33  * This class defines the <i>Service Provider Interface</i> (<b>SPI</b>)
34  * for the <code>AlgorithmParameters</code> class, which is used to manage
35  * algorithm parameters.
36  *
37  * <p> All the abstract methods in this class must be implemented by each
38  * cryptographic service provider who wishes to supply parameter management
39  * for a particular algorithm.
40  *
41  * @author Jan Luehe
42  *
43  *
44  * @see AlgorithmParameters
45  * @see java.security.spec.AlgorithmParameterSpec
46  * @see java.security.spec.DSAParameterSpec
47  *
48  * @since 1.2
49  */
50 
51 public abstract class AlgorithmParametersSpi {
52 
53     /**
54      * Initializes this parameters object using the parameters
55      * specified in <code>paramSpec</code>.
56      *
57      * @param paramSpec the parameter specification.
58      *
59      * @exception InvalidParameterSpecException if the given parameter
60      * specification is inappropriate for the initialization of this parameter
61      * object.
62      */
engineInit(AlgorithmParameterSpec paramSpec)63     protected abstract void engineInit(AlgorithmParameterSpec paramSpec)
64         throws InvalidParameterSpecException;
65 
66     /**
67      * Imports the specified parameters and decodes them
68      * according to the primary decoding format for parameters.
69      * The primary decoding format for parameters is ASN.1, if an ASN.1
70      * specification for this type of parameters exists.
71      *
72      * @param params the encoded parameters.
73      *
74      * @exception IOException on decoding errors
75      */
engineInit(byte[] params)76     protected abstract void engineInit(byte[] params)
77         throws IOException;
78 
79     /**
80      * Imports the parameters from <code>params</code> and
81      * decodes them according to the specified decoding format.
82      * If <code>format</code> is null, the
83      * primary decoding format for parameters is used. The primary decoding
84      * format is ASN.1, if an ASN.1 specification for these parameters
85      * exists.
86      *
87      * @param params the encoded parameters.
88      *
89      * @param format the name of the decoding format.
90      *
91      * @exception IOException on decoding errors
92      */
engineInit(byte[] params, String format)93     protected abstract void engineInit(byte[] params, String format)
94         throws IOException;
95 
96     /**
97      * Returns a (transparent) specification of this parameters
98      * object.
99      * <code>paramSpec</code> identifies the specification class in which
100      * the parameters should be returned. It could, for example, be
101      * <code>DSAParameterSpec.class</code>, to indicate that the
102      * parameters should be returned in an instance of the
103      * <code>DSAParameterSpec</code> class.
104      *
105      * @param paramSpec the specification class in which
106      * the parameters should be returned.
107      *
108      * @return the parameter specification.
109      *
110      * @exception InvalidParameterSpecException if the requested parameter
111      * specification is inappropriate for this parameter object.
112      */
113     protected abstract
114         <T extends AlgorithmParameterSpec>
engineGetParameterSpec(Class<T> paramSpec)115         T engineGetParameterSpec(Class<T> paramSpec)
116         throws InvalidParameterSpecException;
117 
118     /**
119      * Returns the parameters in their primary encoding format.
120      * The primary encoding format for parameters is ASN.1, if an ASN.1
121      * specification for this type of parameters exists.
122      *
123      * @return the parameters encoded using their primary encoding format.
124      *
125      * @exception IOException on encoding errors.
126      */
engineGetEncoded()127     protected abstract byte[] engineGetEncoded() throws IOException;
128 
129     /**
130      * Returns the parameters encoded in the specified format.
131      * If <code>format</code> is null, the
132      * primary encoding format for parameters is used. The primary encoding
133      * format is ASN.1, if an ASN.1 specification for these parameters
134      * exists.
135      *
136      * @param format the name of the encoding format.
137      *
138      * @return the parameters encoded using the specified encoding scheme.
139      *
140      * @exception IOException on encoding errors.
141      */
engineGetEncoded(String format)142     protected abstract byte[] engineGetEncoded(String format)
143         throws IOException;
144 
145     /**
146      * Returns a formatted string describing the parameters.
147      *
148      * @return a formatted string describing the parameters.
149      */
engineToString()150     protected abstract String engineToString();
151 }
152