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PK_Signer Class Reference

abstract base class for public-key signers. More...

#include <cryptlib.h>

Inheritance diagram for PK_Signer:

List of all members.

Public Methods
virtual void	Sign (RandomNumberGenerator &rng,HashModule *messageAccumulator,byte *signature)const=0
	sign and delete messageAccumulator. More...
virtual void	SignMessage (RandomNumberGenerator &rng,const byte *message,unsigned int messageLen,byte *signature)const
	sign a message. More...

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Detailed Description

abstract base class for public-key signers.

A signer is also a private signature key. It contains both the key and the algorithm to perform the signature.

Definition at line 581 of file cryptlib.h.

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Member Function Documentation

void PK_Signer::Sign ( RandomNumberGenerator & rng, HashModule * messageAccumulator, byte * signature ) const [pure virtual]

sign and delete messageAccumulator. Preconditions: \begin{itemize} \item messageAccumulator was obtained by calling NewMessageAccumulator() \item HashModule::Final() has not been called on messageAccumulator \item size of signature == SignatureLength() \end{itemize} Reimplemented in SignerTemplate, and SignerWithRecoveryTemplate. Referenced by SignerFilter::MessageEnd(), and SignMessage().

void PK_Signer::SignMessage ( RandomNumberGenerator & rng, const byte * message, unsigned int messageLen, byte * signature ) const [virtual]

sign a message. Precondition: size of signature == SignatureLength() Definition at line 471 of file cryptlib.cpp.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• cryptlib.h
• cryptlib.cpp

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