java/core/src/java/org/apache/orc/EncryptionVariant.java

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package org.apache.orc;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.security.Key;

/**
 * Information about a column encryption variant.
 *
 * Column encryption is done by encoding multiple variants of the same column.
 * Each encrypted column ends up in two variants:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Encrypted original</li>
 *   <li>Unencrypted masked</li>
 * </ul>
 */
public interface EncryptionVariant extends Comparable<EncryptionVariant> {

  /**
   * Get the key description for this column. This description is global to the
   * file and is passed to the KeyProvider along with various encrypted local
   * keys for the stripes or file footer so that it can decrypt them.
   * @return the encryption key description
   */
  EncryptionKey getKeyDescription();

  /**
   * Get the root column for this variant.
   * @return the root column type
   */
  TypeDescription getRoot();

  /**
   * Get the encryption variant id within the file.
   */
  int getVariantId();

  /**
   * Get the local key for the footer.
   * @return the local decrypted key or null if it isn't available
   */
  Key getFileFooterKey() throws IOException;

  /**
   * Get the local key for a stripe's data or footer.
   * @param stripe the stripe within the file (0 to N-1)
   * @return the local decrypted key or null if it isn't available
   */
  Key getStripeKey(long stripe) throws IOException;
}