Interface Signatory

All Known Implementing Classes:
PgpSignatory, PgpSignatoryInternal, SignatorySupport
public interface Signatory
A signatory is an object capable of providing a signature for an arbitrary stream of bytes.
Since:
4.5

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    String
    getKeyId()
    Returns the id of the key that will be used for signing.
    String
    getName()
    An identifying name for this signatory.
    byte[]
    sign(InputStream toSign)
    Exhausts toSign, and returns the raw signature bytes.
    void
    sign(InputStream toSign, OutputStream destination)
    Exhausts toSign, and writes the signature to signatureDestination.

  • Method Details

    • getName

      @Internal String getName()

      An identifying name for this signatory.

      The name must be constant for the life of the signatory and should uniquely identify it within a project.

    • sign

      void sign(InputStream toSign, OutputStream destination)
      Exhausts toSign, and writes the signature to signatureDestination. The caller is responsible for closing the streams, though the output WILL be flushed.
      Parameters:
      toSign - The source of the data to be signed
      destination - Where the signature will be written to

    • sign

      byte[] sign(InputStream toSign)
      Exhausts toSign, and returns the raw signature bytes.
      Parameters:
      toSign - The source of the data to be signed
      Returns:
      The raw bytes of the signature

    • getKeyId

      @Input @Optional String getKeyId()
      Returns the id of the key that will be used for signing.
      Returns:
      The key id