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package org.apache.xml.security.encryption;

import java.util.Iterator;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

/**
 * EncryptionMethod describes the encryption algorithm applied to
 * the cipher data. If the element is absent, the encryption algorithm must be
 * known by the recipient or the decryption will fail.
 * 
 * It is defined as follows:
 * 

 * <complexType name='EncryptionMethodType' mixed='true'>
 *     <sequence>
 *         <element name='KeySize' minOccurs='0' type='xenc:KeySizeType'/>
 *         <element name='OAEPparams' minOccurs='0' type='base64Binary'/>
 *         <any namespace='##other' minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='unbounded'/>
 *     </sequence>
 *     <attribute name='Algorithm' type='anyURI' use='required'/>
 * </complexType>
 * 
 *
 * @author Axl Mattheus
 */
public interface EncryptionMethod {
    /**
     * Returns the algorithm applied to the cipher data.
     *
     * @return the encryption algorithm.
     */
    String getAlgorithm();

    /**
     * Returns the key size of the key of the algorithm applied to the cipher
     * data.
     *
     * @return the key size.
     */
    int getKeySize();

    /**
     * Sets the size of the key of the algorithm applied to the cipher data.
     *
     * @param size the key size.
     */
    void setKeySize(int size);

    /**
     * Returns the OAEP parameters of the algorithm applied applied to the
     * cipher data.
     *
     * @return the OAEP parameters.
     */
    byte[] getOAEPparams();

    /**
     * Sets the OAEP parameters.
     *
     * @param parameters the OAEP parameters.
     */
    void setOAEPparams(byte[] parameters);
    
    /**
     * Set the Digest Algorithm to use
     * @param digestAlgorithm the Digest Algorithm to use
     */
    void setDigestAlgorithm(String digestAlgorithm);
    
    /**
     * Get the Digest Algorithm to use
     * @return the Digest Algorithm to use
     */
    String getDigestAlgorithm();
    
    /**
     * Set the MGF Algorithm to use
     * @param mgfAlgorithm the MGF Algorithm to use
     */
    void setMGFAlgorithm(String mgfAlgorithm);
    
    /**
     * Get the MGF Algorithm to use
     * @return the MGF Algorithm to use
     */
    String getMGFAlgorithm();

    /**
     * Returns an iterator over all the additional elements contained in the
     * EncryptionMethod.
     *
     * @return an Iterator over all the additional information
     *   about the EncryptionMethod.
     */
    Iterator getEncryptionMethodInformation();

    /**
     * Adds encryption method information.
     *
     * @param information additional encryption method information.
     */
    void addEncryptionMethodInformation(Element information);

    /**
     * Removes encryption method information.
     *
     * @param information the information to remove from the
     *   EncryptionMethod.
     */
    void removeEncryptionMethodInformation(Element information);
}