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MGF1ParameterSpec.java

/*
 * @(#)MGF1ParameterSpec.java	1.5 06/07/20
 *
 * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package java.security.spec;

import java.security.spec.AlgorithmParameterSpec;

/**
 * This class specifies the set of parameters used with mask generation
 * function MGF1 in OAEP Padding and RSA-PSS signature scheme, as 
 * defined in the
 * <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3447.txt">PKCS #1 v2.1</a> 
 * standard.
 * 
 * <p>Its ASN.1 definition in PKCS#1 standard is described below:
 * <pre>
 * MGF1Parameters ::= OAEP-PSSDigestAlgorthms
 * </pre>
 * where
 * <pre>
 * OAEP-PSSDigestAlgorithms    ALGORITHM-IDENTIFIER ::= {
 *   { OID id-sha1 PARAMETERS NULL   }|
 *   { OID id-sha256 PARAMETERS NULL }|
 *   { OID id-sha384 PARAMETERS NULL }|
 *   { OID id-sha512 PARAMETERS NULL },
 *   ...  -- Allows for future expansion --
 * }
 * </pre>
 * @see PSSParameterSpec
 * @see javax.crypto.spec.OAEPParameterSpec
 *
 * @author Valerie Peng
 *
 * @version 1.5, 07/20/06
 * @since 1.5
 */
public class MGF1ParameterSpec implements AlgorithmParameterSpec {

    /**
     * The MGF1ParameterSpec which uses "SHA-1" message digest.
     */
    public static final MGF1ParameterSpec SHA1 = 
	new MGF1ParameterSpec("SHA-1");
    /**
     * The MGF1ParameterSpec which uses "SHA-256" message digest.
     */
    public static final MGF1ParameterSpec SHA256 = 
	new MGF1ParameterSpec("SHA-256");
    /**
     * The MGF1ParameterSpec which uses "SHA-384" message digest.
     */
    public static final MGF1ParameterSpec SHA384 = 
	new MGF1ParameterSpec("SHA-384");
    /**
     * The MGF1ParameterSpec which uses SHA-512 message digest.
     */
    public static final MGF1ParameterSpec SHA512 =
	new MGF1ParameterSpec("SHA-512");

    private String mdName;

    /**
     * Constructs a parameter set for mask generation function MGF1
     * as defined in the PKCS #1 standard.
     *
     * @param mdName the algorithm name for the message digest
     * used in this mask generation function MGF1. 
     * @exception NullPointerException if <code>mdName</code> is null.
     */
    public MGF1ParameterSpec(String mdName) {
	if (mdName == null) {
	    throw new NullPointerException("digest algorithm is null");
	}
	this.mdName = mdName;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the algorithm name of the message digest used by the mask 
     * generation function. 
     *
     * @return the algorithm name of the message digest. 
     */
    public String getDigestAlgorithm() {
        return mdName;
    }
}