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Tink is a small cryptographic library that provides a safe, simple, agile and fast way to accomplish some common cryptographic tasks.
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package com.google.crypto.tink.internal;
import com.google.crypto.tink.util.Bytes;
import com.google.errorprone.annotations.Immutable;
/**
* Represents either a serialized {@code Key} or a serialized {@code Parameters} object.
*
* Serialization objects are used within Tink to serialize keys, keysets, and key formats. For
* each serialization method (e.g., for binary protobuf serialization), one subclass of this must be
* defined.
*
*
This class should eventually be in Tinks public API -- however, it might still change before
* that.
*/
@Immutable
public interface Serialization {
/**
* Identifies which parsing method to use in the registry.
*
*
When registering a parsing function in the registry, one argument will be this object
* identifier. When the registry is asked to parse a Serialization, the registry will then
* dispatch it to the corresponding method.
*/
public Bytes getObjectIdentifier();
}
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