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+/*
+* Base class for message authentiction codes
+* (C) 1999-2007 Jack Lloyd
+*
+* Distributed under the terms of the Botan license
+*/
+
+#ifndef BOTAN_MESSAGE_AUTH_CODE_BASE_H__
+#define BOTAN_MESSAGE_AUTH_CODE_BASE_H__
+
+#include <botan/buf_comp.h>
+#include <botan/sym_algo.h>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace Botan {
+
+/**
+* This class represents Message Authentication Code (MAC) objects.
+*/
+class BOTAN_DLL MessageAuthenticationCode : public Buffered_Computation,
+                                            public SymmetricAlgorithm
+   {
+   public:
+      /**
+      * Verify a MAC.
+      * @param in the MAC to verify as a byte array
+      * @param length the length of param in
+      * @return true if the MAC is valid, false otherwise
+      */
+      virtual bool verify_mac(const byte in[], size_t length);
+
+      /**
+      * Get a new object representing the same algorithm as *this
+      */
+      virtual MessageAuthenticationCode* clone() const = 0;
+
+      /**
+      * Get the name of this algorithm.
+      * @return name of this algorithm
+      */
+      virtual std::string name() const = 0;
+   };
+
+}
+
+#endif