Engine.getCipher

Return a new cipher object

interface Engine

const

KeyedFilter

getCipher

(

in string algo_spec

,

CipherDir dir

,

AlgorithmFactory af

)

Parameters

algo_spec string: the algorithm name/specification
dir CipherDir: specifies if encryption or decryption is desired
af AlgorithmFactory: an algorithm factory object

Return Value

Type: KeyedFilter

newly allocated object, or NULL

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