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+using System;
+
+namespace Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto
+{
+ /// <remarks>Base interface for a symmetric key block cipher.</remarks>
+ public interface IBlockCipher
+ {
+ /// <summary>The name of the algorithm this cipher implements.</summary>
+ string AlgorithmName { get; }
+
+ /// <summary>Initialise the cipher.</summary>
+ /// <param name="forEncryption">Initialise for encryption if true, for decryption if false.</param>
+ /// <param name="parameters">The key or other data required by the cipher.</param>
+ void Init(bool forEncryption, ICipherParameters parameters);
+
+ /// <returns>The block size for this cipher, in bytes.</returns>
+ int GetBlockSize();
+
+ /// <summary>Indicates whether this cipher can handle partial blocks.</summary>
+ bool IsPartialBlockOkay { get; }
+
+ /// <summary>Process a block.</summary>
+ /// <param name="inBuf">The input buffer.</param>
+ /// <param name="inOff">The offset into <paramref>inBuf</paramref> that the input block begins.</param>
+ /// <param name="outBuf">The output buffer.</param>
+ /// <param name="outOff">The offset into <paramref>outBuf</paramref> to write the output block.</param>
+ /// <exception cref="DataLengthException">If input block is wrong size, or outBuf too small.</exception>
+ /// <returns>The number of bytes processed and produced.</returns>
+ int ProcessBlock(byte[] inBuf, int inOff, byte[] outBuf, int outOff);
+
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Reset the cipher to the same state as it was after the last init (if there was one).
+ /// </summary>
+ void Reset();
+ }
+}
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