Package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.crypto

Interface CipherProvider

All Superinterfaces:

org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configurable

All Known Implementing Classes:

CryptoCipherProvider, DefaultCipherProvider

@Public
public interface CipherProvider
extends org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configurable

An CipherProvider contributes support for various cryptographic Ciphers.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Cipher	getCipher(String name)	Get an Cipher
String	getName()	Return the provider's name
String[]	getSupportedCiphers()	Return the set of Ciphers supported by this provider

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configurable

getConf, setConf

Method Details

getName

String getName()

Return the provider's name

getSupportedCiphers

String[] getSupportedCiphers()

Return the set of Ciphers supported by this provider

getCipher

Cipher getCipher(String name)

Get an Cipher

Parameters:

name - Cipher name, e.g. "AES"

Returns:

the appropriate Cipher