com.metamatrix.common.util.crypto
Interface Encryptor

All Known Subinterfaces:

Cryptor

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicCryptor, NullCryptor, SymmetricCryptor

public interface Encryptor

Interface defining a utility that can perform encryption of cleartext.

Method Summary

byte[]	encrypt(byte[] cleartext) Encrypt the cleartext in byte array format.
java.lang.String	encrypt(java.lang.String cleartext) Encrypt the cleartext
java.io.Serializable	sealObject(java.io.Serializable object)

Method Detail

encrypt

byte[] encrypt(byte[] cleartext)
               throws CryptoException

Encrypt the cleartext in byte array format.

Parameters:

cleartext - The text to be encrypted, in byte form

The - encrypted ciphertext, in byte form

Throws:

CryptoException

encrypt

java.lang.String encrypt(java.lang.String cleartext)
                         throws CryptoException

Encrypt the cleartext

Parameters:

cleartext - The text to be encrypted

The - encrypted ciphertext

Throws:

CryptoException

sealObject

java.io.Serializable sealObject(java.io.Serializable object)
                                throws CryptoException

Throws:

CryptoException