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package com.sun.midp.crypto;

/**
 * Implementors will provide padding schemes for the respective ciphers.
 */
public interface Padder {
    /**
     * Pads the input according to the padding scheme dictated by the
     * concrete implementor.
     * @param queue containing data that must be padded
     * @param count number of data bytes
     * @return the number of padding bytes added */
    public int pad(byte[] queue, int count);

    /**
     * Removes padding bytes.
     * @param outBuff the output buffer
     * @param size size of data
     * @return the number of padding bytes
     * @exception BadPaddingException if not properly padded
     */
    public int unPad(byte[] outBuff, int size) throws BadPaddingException;
}