Package org.codehaus.plexus.components.secdispatcher

Interface Cipher

All Known Implementing Classes:

AESGCMNoPadding

public interface Cipher

Cipher interface.

Since:

4.0.1

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	decrypt(String encryptedText, String password)	Decrypts the encrypted text with password and returns clear text result.
String	encrypt(String clearText, String password)	Encrypts the clear text data with password and returns result.

Method Details

encrypt

String encrypt(String clearText,
 String password)
        throws CipherException

Encrypts the clear text data with password and returns result. No argument is allowed to be null.

Throws:

CipherException - if encryption failed (is unexpected to happen, as it would mean that Java Runtime lacks some Crypto elements).

decrypt

String decrypt(String encryptedText,
 String password)
        throws CipherException

Decrypts the encrypted text with password and returns clear text result. No argument is allowed to be null.

Throws:

CipherException - if decryption failed. It may happen as with encrypt(String, String) due Java Runtime lacking some Crypto elements (less likely). Most likely decrypt will fail due wrong provided password or maybe corrupted encrypted text.