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package gnu.crypto.sig;
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// $Id: ISignatureCodec.java,v 1.4 2002/11/08 11:26:20 raif Exp $
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// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
import gnu.crypto.Registry;
/**
* The visible methods of an object that knows how to encode and decode
* cryptographic signatures. Codecs are useful for (a) externalising signature
* output data for storage and on-the-wire transmission, as well as (b) re-
* creating their internal Java representation from external sources.
*
* @version $Revision: 1.4 $
*/
public interface ISignatureCodec {
// Constants
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
/** Constant identifying the Raw encoding format. */
int RAW_FORMAT = Registry.RAW_ENCODING_ID;
// Method(s)
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
int getFormatID();
byte[] encodeSignature(Object signature);
Object decodeSignature(byte[] input);
}