algo_base.h

Go to the documentation of this file.

/*
* Algorithm Base Class
* (C) 2010 Jack Lloyd
*
* Distributed under the terms of the Botan license
*/
 
#ifndef BOTAN_ALGO_BASE_CLASS_H__
#define BOTAN_ALGO_BASE_CLASS_H__
 
#include <botan/build.h>
#include <string>
 
namespace Botan {
 
/**
* This class represents an algorithm of some kind
*/
class BOTAN_DLL Algorithm
   {
   public:
 
      /**
      * Zeroize internal state
      */
      virtual void clear() = 0;
 
      /**
      * @return name of this algorithm
      */
      virtual std::string name() const = 0;
 
      Algorithm() {}
      virtual ~Algorithm() {}
   private:
      Algorithm(const Algorithm&) {}
      Algorithm& operator=(const Algorithm&) { return (*this); }
   };
 
}
 
#endif