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The Bouncy Castle Java API for handling the OpenPGP protocol. This jar contains the OpenPGP API for JDK 1.4. The APIs can be used in conjunction with a JCE/JCA provider such as the one provided with the Bouncy Castle Cryptography APIs.

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/**
 * High level classes for dealing with OpenPGP objects.
 * 
 * Note: These are based on the org.bouncycastle.bcpg classes and use a streaming
 * model, so for some objects which have an input stream associated it is necessary
 * to read to the end of the input stream on the object before trying to read
 * another object from the orginal input stream.
 * 
 * A word on key ring files. For the purpose of this package a PGP key ring is a master key and
 * a collection of sub-keys associated with it. These public and secret key rings are handled by
 * the PGPPublicKey ring class and the PGPSecretKeyRing class respectively. In the case where
 * you are trying to read an key file which has multiple key rings in it, use PGPSecretKeyRingCollection
 * for the secret key file and PGPPublicKeyRingCollection for the public key file.
 */
package org.bouncycastle.openpgp;