Class LMSSignature

java.lang.Object

org.bouncycastle.crypto.signers.lms.LMSSignature

All Implemented Interfaces:

Encodable

public class LMSSignature
extends Object
implements Encodable

An LMS signature (RFC 8554 sec. 5.4). Opaque outside this package: decode one with getInstance(Object) and re-encode it with getEncoded(). An HSSPrivateKeyParameters carries the chaining signatures of its hierarchy as instances of this class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object o)
byte[]	getEncoded()	Return a byte array representing the implementing object.
static LMSSignature	getInstance(Object src)
int	hashCode()

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

getInstance

public static LMSSignature getInstance(Object src)
                                throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

getEncoded

public byte[] getEncoded()
                  throws IOException

Description copied from interface: Encodable

Return a byte array representing the implementing object.

Specified by:

getEncoded in interface Encodable

Returns:

a byte array representing the encoding.

Throws:

IOException - if an issue arises generation the encoding.