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authorJack Lloyd <[email protected]>2016-09-15 09:16:46 -0400
committerJack Lloyd <[email protected]>2016-09-15 09:25:49 -0400
commit04bf8dc51861bab37d6260de8b318dc71ea4bba7 (patch)
tree03cf4b8d607607444049bc2b9880abc4c1fc6a8e /src/lib/block/block_cipher.h
parenta7eba3629cc0d76444f5241fb4b9e8793ddb61cd (diff)
Add T::provider() to allow user to inquire about implementation used
For block ciphers, stream ciphers, hashes, MACs, and cipher modes. Cipher_Mode already had it, with a slightly different usage.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/lib/block/block_cipher.h')
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diff --git a/src/lib/block/block_cipher.h b/src/lib/block/block_cipher.h
index 0f4c2c1c5..68fc0f487 100644
--- a/src/lib/block/block_cipher.h
+++ b/src/lib/block/block_cipher.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#include <botan/scan_name.h>
#include <botan/sym_algo.h>
+#include <string>
namespace Botan {
@@ -53,6 +54,13 @@ class BOTAN_DLL BlockCipher : public SymmetricAlgorithm
}
/**
+ * @return provider information about this implementation. Default is "base",
+ * might also return "sse2", "avx2", "openssl", or some other arbitrary string.
+ * The return value is guaranteed to point to a string literal constant.
+ */
+ virtual const char* provider() const { return "base"; }
+
+ /**
* Encrypt a block.
* @param in The plaintext block to be encrypted as a byte array.
* Must be of length block_size().