Botan::EntropySource Class Reference

#include <entropy_src.h>

Inheritance diagram for Botan::EntropySource:

Public Member Functions
virtual std::string	name () const =0
virtual void	poll (Entropy_Accumulator &accum)=0
virtual	~EntropySource ()

Detailed Description

Abstract interface to a source of (hopefully unpredictable) system entropy

Definition at line 122 of file entropy_src.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

~EntropySource()

virtual Botan::EntropySource::~EntropySource ( )

inlinevirtual

Definition at line 136 of file entropy_src.h.

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Member Function Documentation

name()

virtual std::string Botan::EntropySource::name ( ) const

pure virtual

Returns

name identifying this entropy source

Implemented in Botan::Device_EntropySource, Botan::EGD_EntropySource, Botan::FTW_EntropySource, Botan::High_Resolution_Timestamp, Botan::Intel_Rdrand, Botan::Unix_EntropySource, Botan::Win32_CAPI_EntropySource, and Botan::Win32_EntropySource.

poll()

virtual void Botan::EntropySource::poll ( Entropy_Accumulator & accum )

pure virtual

Perform an entropy gathering poll

Parameters

accum

is an accumulator object that will be given entropy

Implemented in Botan::Device_EntropySource, Botan::EGD_EntropySource, Botan::FTW_EntropySource, Botan::High_Resolution_Timestamp, Botan::Intel_Rdrand, Botan::Unix_EntropySource, Botan::Win32_CAPI_EntropySource, and Botan::Win32_EntropySource.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• src/entropy/entropy_src.h