01: package org.apache.turbine.services.crypto;
02:
03: /*
04: * Copyright 2001-2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
05: *
06: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
07: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
08: * 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, software
13: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
14: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
15: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
16: * limitations under the License.
17: */
18:
19: import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
20:
21: import org.apache.turbine.services.Service;
22:
23: /**
24: * The Crypto Service manages the availability of various crypto
25: * sources. It provides a consistent interface to things like the
26: * various java.security Message Digest stuff or the Unix Crypt
27: * algorithm.
28: *
29: * It contains no actual crypto code so it should be fine to import/export
30: * everywhere.
31: *
32: * @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
33: * @version $Id: CryptoService.java 264148 2005-08-29 14:21:04Z henning $
34: */
35: public interface CryptoService extends Service {
36: /** The name of the service */
37: String SERVICE_NAME = "CryptoService";
38:
39: /**
40: * Returns a CryptoAlgorithm Object which represents the requested
41: * crypto algorithm.
42: *
43: * @param algorithm Name of the requested algorithm
44: * @return An Object representing the algorithm
45: * @throws NoSuchAlgorithmException Requested algorithm is not available
46: */
47: CryptoAlgorithm getCryptoAlgorithm(String algorithm)
48: throws NoSuchAlgorithmException;
49: }
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