CBCModeCipher (Bouncy Castle Library 1.85 API Specification)
Date: 2026-07-12

org.bouncycastle.crypto.modes

## Interface CBCModeCipher

- All Superinterfaces:
    BlockCipher, MultiBlockCipher
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    CBCBlockCipher

      public interface CBCModeCipher
      extends MultiBlockCipher

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `BlockCipher` | `getUnderlyingCipher()` return the underlying block cipher that we are wrapping.

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.bouncycastle.crypto.MultiBlockCipher

      `getMultiBlockSize, processBlocks`

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.bouncycastle.crypto.BlockCipher

      `getAlgorithmName, getBlockSize, init, processBlock, reset`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getUnderlyingCipher

          BlockCipher getUnderlyingCipher()

      return the underlying block cipher that we are wrapping.
      Returns:
        the underlying block cipher that we are wrapping.