01: /*
02: * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
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05: * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
06: * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
07: * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
08: * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
09: *
10: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
11: *
12: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
13: * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
14: * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
15: * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
16: * specific language governing permissions and limitations
17: * under the License.
18: */
19:
20: package org.apache.geronimo.crypto;
21:
22: import java.io.Serializable;
23:
24: /**
25: * Interface for objects to register with EncryptionManager.
26: *
27: * @version $Rev: 617735 $ $Date: 2008-02-01 17:20:02 -0800 (Fri, 01 Feb 2008) $
28: */
29: public interface Encryption {
30: /**
31: * encrypt the source according to some scheme and return the result as a String.
32: * @param source object to encrypt
33: * @return encrypted object representing the source.
34: */
35: String encrypt(Serializable source);
36:
37: /**
38: * decrypt the source according to some scheme and return the original object.
39: * @param source the string representing the encrypted object
40: * @return (a copy of) the original object.
41: */
42: Serializable decrypt(String source);
43: }
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