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package de.unkrig.commons.lang.crypto;

import javax.security.auth.Destroyable;

/**
 * This interface transforms a byte array such that it equals the original data which was previously encrypted
 * with the "right" {@link Encryptor}.
 *
 * @see Decryptors#decrypt(Decryptor, String) For decrypting strings rather than byte arrays
 */
public
interface Decryptor extends Destroyable {

    /**
     * Decrypts the encrypted byte array and fills it with zeros.
     * 
     *   If the encrypted data was not generated with the "right" {@link Encryptor}, then this method either
     *   returns garbled data, or throws a {@link WrongKeyException}.
     * 
     *
     * @return                   The decrypted data
     * @throws WrongKeyException The decryption key is wrong
     */
    byte[] decrypt(byte[] encrypted) throws WrongKeyException;
}