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// - Signer.hpp                                                              -
// - afnix:sec module - base message signature class definition              -
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#ifndef  AFNIX_SIGNER_HPP
#define  AFNIX_SIGNER_HPP

#ifndef  AFNIX_KEY_HPP
#include "Key.hpp"
#endif

#ifndef  AFNIX_NAMEABLE_HPP
#include "Nameable.hpp"
#endif

#ifndef  AFNIX_SIGNATURE_HPP
#include "Signature.hpp"
#endif

#ifndef  AFNIX_INPUTSTREAM_HPP
#include "InputStream.hpp"
#endif

namespace afnix {

  /// The Signer class is a base class that is used to build a message
  /// signature. The signature result is stored in a special signature
  /// object which is algorithm dependant.
  /// @author amaury darsch

  class Signer : public Nameable {
  protected:
    /// the signature name
    String  d_name;
    /// the signature key
    Key     d_skey;

  public:
    /// create a signature object by name
    /// @param name the signature name
    Signer (const String& name);

    /// create a signature object by name and key
    /// @param name the signature name
    /// @param key  the signature key
    Signer (const String& name, const Key& key);

    /// @return the class name
    String repr (void) const;

    /// @return the signature name
    String getname (void) const;

    /// reset this signature
    virtual void reset (void) =0;

    /// set the sgnature key
    /// @param key the key to set
    virtual void setkey (const Key& key);

    /// @return the signature key
    virtual Key getkey (void) const;

    /// derive a message signature from an octet string
    /// @param s the string to process
    virtual Signature derive (const String& msg);

    /// compute a message signature from a string
    /// @param msg the string message to process
    virtual Signature compute (const String& msg);

    /// compute a message signature from a buffer
    /// @param buf the buffer to process
    virtual Signature compute (Buffer& buf); 

    /// compute a message signature from an input stream
    /// @param is the input stream
    virtual Signature compute (InputStream& is); 

  protected:
    /// process a message by data
    /// @param data the data to process
    /// @param size the data size
    virtual void process (const t_byte* data, const long size) =0;
 
    /// process a message with a buffer
    /// @param buf the buffer to process
    virtual void process (Buffer& buf) =0;

    /// process a message with an input stream
    /// @param is the input stream to process
    virtual void process (InputStream& is) =0;

    /// finish the signature processing
    virtual Signature finish (void) =0;

  private:
    // make the copy constructor private
    Signer (const Signer&);
    // make the assignment operator private
    Signer& operator = (const Signer&);

  public:
    /// @return true if the given quark is defined
    bool isquark (const long quark, const bool hflg) const;

    /// apply this object with a set of arguments and a quark
    /// @param robj  the current runnable
    /// @param nset  the current nameset    
    /// @param quark the quark to apply these arguments
    /// @param argv  the arguments to apply
    Object* apply (Runnable* robj, Nameset* nset, const long quark,
		   Vector* argv);
  };
}

#endif
