xsec/utils/XSECAlgorithmSupport.hpp

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/*
 * XSEC
 *
 * XSECAlgorithmSupport := internal helpers for mapping from W3C/IETF algorithm URIs
 *
 * Author(s): Scott Cantor
 */


#ifndef XSECALGSUP_INCLUDE
#define XSECALGSUP_INCLUDE

#include <xsec/framework/XSECDefs.hpp>
#include <xsec/enc/XSECCryptoHash.hpp>

/**
 * \addtogroup internal
 * @{
 */

 /**
  * Helper class for dealing with algorithm extensibility externally to library.
  */
class XSECAlgorithmSupport
{
    XSECAlgorithmSupport();
    XSECAlgorithmSupport(const XSECAlgorithmSupport&);
    XSECAlgorithmSupport& operator=(const XSECAlgorithmSupport&);
public:

    /**
     * \brief Map MGF algorithm URI to the corresponding hash type.
     *
     * Currently the only supported function is the MGF1 algorithm, together with
     * a variable hash type, so this function currently just validates the first
     * assumption and returns the type of hash to use. If a future extension adds
     * additional mask functions, this can be changed internally to the library.
     *
     * @param uri algorithm identifier
     * @returns hash type to use with MGF1
     */
    static XSECCryptoHash::HashType getMGF1HashType(const XMLCh* uri);
};


/** @} */

#endif /* XSECALGSUP_INCLUDE */