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authorJack Lloyd <[email protected]>2016-09-01 13:40:26 -0400
committerJack Lloyd <[email protected]>2016-09-01 14:16:38 -0400
commit507d926da825fbc1d9d74b4517dbab47702c66b9 (patch)
tree22ac0e4a9c85fb3583d478a41ba1c46aeced5ec3 /doc/manual
parente4656be6a8e601b64c759906bacf543388b3cf22 (diff)
Cipher_Mode API improvements
The Cipher_Mode::update API is more general than needed to just support ciphers (this is due to it previously being an API of Transform which before 8b85b780515 was Cipher_Mode's base class) Define a less general interface `process` which either processes the blocks in-place, producing exactly as much output as there was input, or (SIV/CCM case) saves the entire message for processing in `finish`. These two uses cover all current or anticipated cipher modes. Leaves `update` for compatability with existing callers; all that is needed is an inline function forwarding to `process`. Removes the return type from `start` - in all cipher implementations, this always returned an empty vector. Adds BOTAN_ARG_CHECK macro; right now BOTAN_ASSERT is being used for argument checking in some places, which is not right at all.
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@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ support a 128-bit block cipher such as AES. EAX and SIV also support
Start processing a message, using *nonce* as the unique per-message
value.
- Returns any initial data that should be emitted (for instance a header).
-
.. cpp:function:: void update(secure_vector<byte>& buffer, size_t offset = 0)
Continue processing a message. The *buffer* is an in/out parameter and
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@ support a 128-bit block cipher such as AES. EAX and SIV also support
.. cpp:function:: size_t update_granularity() const
The AEAD interface requires :cpp:func:`update` be called with blocks of
- this size.
+ this size. This will be 1, if the mode can process any length inputs.
.. cpp:function:: size_t final_minimum_size() const