org.miniauth.crypto

Interface SignatureAlgorithm

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSignatureAlgorithm, HmacSHA1SignatureAlgorithm, PlainTextSignatureAlgorithm, RsaSHA1SignatureAlgorithm

public interface SignatureAlgorithm

Interface to define a "signature algorithm". It includes a pair of methods, generate() and verify().

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	generate(String text, String key) Generates a signature for the given text with the given key.
boolean	verify(String text, String key, String signature) Verifies the signature.

Method Detail

generate

String generate(String text,
              String key)
                throws AuthSignatureException

Generates a signature for the given text with the given key.

Parameters:

text - Text to be signed.

key - Cryto Key to sign the text.

Returns:

The generated signature.

Throws:

AuthSignatureException

verify

boolean verify(String text,
             String key,
             String signature)
               throws AuthSignatureException

Verifies the signature.

Parameters:

text - Text to be signed.

key - Cryto Key to sign the text.

signature - Input signature to be verified.

Returns:

true if the input signature matches the signature generated from text/key pair.

Throws:

AuthSignatureException