org.bouncycastle.operator.AlgorithmNameFinder Maven / Gradle / Ivy
package org.bouncycastle.operator;
import org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1ObjectIdentifier;
import org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.AlgorithmIdentifier;
/**
* General finder for converting OIDs and AlgorithmIdentifiers into strings.
*/
public interface AlgorithmNameFinder
{
/**
* Return true if the passed in objectIdentifier has a "human friendly" name associated with it.
*
* @param objectIdentifier the OID of interest.
* @return true if a name lookup exists for the OID, false otherwise.
*/
boolean hasAlgorithmName(ASN1ObjectIdentifier objectIdentifier);
/**
* Return a string representation of the passed in objectIdentifier.
*
* @param objectIdentifier the OID of interest.
* @return a "human friendly" representation of the OID, the OID as a string if none available.
*/
String getAlgorithmName(ASN1ObjectIdentifier objectIdentifier);
/**
* Return a string representation of the passed in AlgorithmIdentifier, based on the OID in the AlgorithmField, with the parameters
* included where appropriate.
*
* @param algorithmIdentifier the AlgorithmIdentifier of interest.
* @return a "human friendly" representation of the algorithmIdentifier, the identifiers OID as a string if none available.
*/
String getAlgorithmName(AlgorithmIdentifier algorithmIdentifier);
}