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Diffstat (limited to 'src/libstate')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/libstate/lookup.h | 28 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstate/lookup.h b/src/libstate/lookup.h index 76e06b2de..debcee52b 100644 --- a/src/libstate/lookup.h +++ b/src/libstate/lookup.h @@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ namespace Botan { -/* -* Retrieve an object from the lookup table +/** +* Retrieve an object prototype from the global factory +* @param algo_spec an algorithm name +* @return constant prototype object (use clone to create usable object), + library retains ownership */ -// NOTE: these functions return internally stored objects, library -// retains ownership - inline const BlockCipher* retrieve_block_cipher(const std::string& algo_spec) { @@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ retrieve_block_cipher(const std::string& algo_spec) return af.prototype_block_cipher(algo_spec); } +/** +* Retrieve an object prototype from the global factory +* @param algo_spec an algorithm name +* @return constant prototype object (use clone to create usable object), + library retains ownership +*/ inline const StreamCipher* retrieve_stream_cipher(const std::string& algo_spec) { @@ -39,6 +45,12 @@ retrieve_stream_cipher(const std::string& algo_spec) return af.prototype_stream_cipher(algo_spec); } +/** +* Retrieve an object prototype from the global factory +* @param algo_spec an algorithm name +* @return constant prototype object (use clone to create usable object), + library retains ownership +*/ inline const HashFunction* retrieve_hash(const std::string& algo_spec) { @@ -46,6 +58,12 @@ retrieve_hash(const std::string& algo_spec) return af.prototype_hash_function(algo_spec); } +/** +* Retrieve an object prototype from the global factory +* @param algo_spec an algorithm name +* @return constant prototype object (use clone to create usable object), + library retains ownership +*/ inline const MessageAuthenticationCode* retrieve_mac(const std::string& algo_spec) { |