Bouncy Castle Cryptography Library 1.66

org.bouncycastle.openpgp
Class PGPLiteralDataGenerator

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.bouncycastle.openpgp.PGPLiteralDataGenerator
All Implemented Interfaces:
org.bouncycastle.openpgp.StreamGenerator

public class PGPLiteralDataGenerator
extends java.lang.Object
implements org.bouncycastle.openpgp.StreamGenerator

Generator for producing literal data packets.

A PGPLiteralData is used by invoking one of the open functions to create an OutputStream that raw data can be supplied to for encoding:

If the length of the data to be written is known in advance, use open(OutputStream, char, String, long, Date) to create a packet containing a single literal data object. If the length of the data is unknown, use open(OutputStream, char, String, Date, byte[]) to create a packet consisting of a series of literal data objects (partials).

A PGPLiteralDataGenerator is usually used to wrap the OutputStream obtained from a PGPEncryptedDataGenerator or a PGPCompressedDataGenerator.

Once literal data has been written to the constructed OutputStream, writing of the object stream is completed by closing the OutputStream obtained from the open() method, or equivalently invoking close() on this generator.


Field Summary
static char BINARY
          Format tag for binary literal data
static java.lang.String CONSOLE
          The special name indicating a "for your eyes only" packet.
static java.util.Date NOW
          The special time for a modification time of "now" or the present time.
static char TEXT
          Format tag for textual literal data
static char UTF8
          Format tag for UTF-8 encoded textual literal data
 
Constructor Summary
PGPLiteralDataGenerator()
          Constructs a generator for literal data objects.
PGPLiteralDataGenerator(boolean oldFormat)
          Constructs a generator for literal data objects, specifying to use new or old (PGP 2.6.x compatible) format.
 
Method Summary
 void close()
          Close the literal data packet - this is equivalent to calling close on the stream returned by the open() method.
 java.io.OutputStream open(java.io.OutputStream out, char format, java.io.File file)
          Open a literal data packet for the passed in File object, returning an output stream for saving the file contents.
 java.io.OutputStream open(java.io.OutputStream out, char format, java.lang.String name, java.util.Date modificationTime, byte[] buffer)
          Open a literal data packet, returning a stream to store the data inside the packet as an indefinite-length stream.
 java.io.OutputStream open(java.io.OutputStream out, char format, java.lang.String name, long length, java.util.Date modificationTime)
          Open a literal data packet, returning a stream to store the data inside the packet.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

BINARY

public static final char BINARY
Format tag for binary literal data

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Constant Field Values

TEXT

public static final char TEXT
Format tag for textual literal data

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UTF8

public static final char UTF8
Format tag for UTF-8 encoded textual literal data

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CONSOLE

public static final java.lang.String CONSOLE
The special name indicating a "for your eyes only" packet.

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Constant Field Values

NOW

public static final java.util.Date NOW
The special time for a modification time of "now" or the present time.

Constructor Detail

PGPLiteralDataGenerator

public PGPLiteralDataGenerator()
Constructs a generator for literal data objects.


PGPLiteralDataGenerator

public PGPLiteralDataGenerator(boolean oldFormat)
Constructs a generator for literal data objects, specifying to use new or old (PGP 2.6.x compatible) format.

This can be used for compatibility with PGP 2.6.x.

Parameters:
oldFormat - true to use PGP 2.6.x compatible format.
Method Detail

open

public java.io.OutputStream open(java.io.OutputStream out,
                                 char format,
                                 java.lang.String name,
                                 long length,
                                 java.util.Date modificationTime)
                          throws java.io.IOException
Open a literal data packet, returning a stream to store the data inside the packet.

The stream created can be closed off by either calling close() on the stream or close() on the generator. Closing the returned stream does not close off the OutputStream parameter out.

Parameters:
out - the underlying output stream to write the literal data packet to.
format - the format of the literal data that will be written to the output stream (one of BINARY, TEXT or UTF8).
name - the name of the "file" to encode in the literal data object.
length - the length of the data that will be written.
modificationTime - the time of last modification we want stored.
Throws:
java.io.IOException

open

public java.io.OutputStream open(java.io.OutputStream out,
                                 char format,
                                 java.lang.String name,
                                 java.util.Date modificationTime,
                                 byte[] buffer)
                          throws java.io.IOException
Open a literal data packet, returning a stream to store the data inside the packet as an indefinite-length stream. The stream is written out as a series of partial packets with a chunk size determined by the size of the passed in buffer.

The stream created can be closed off by either calling close() on the stream or close() on the generator. Closing the returned stream does not close off the OutputStream parameter out.

Note: if the buffer is not a power of 2 in length only the largest power of 2 bytes worth of the buffer will be used.

Parameters:
out - the underlying output stream to write the literal data packet to.
format - the format of the literal data that will be written to the output stream (one of BINARY, TEXT or UTF8).
name - the name of the "file" to encode in the literal data object.
modificationTime - the time of last modification we want stored (will be stored to second level precision).
buffer - a buffer to use to buffer and write partial packets. The returned stream takes ownership of the buffer.
Returns:
the output stream to write data to.
Throws:
java.io.IOException - if an error occurs writing stream header information to the provider output stream.
java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this generator already has an open OutputStream.

open

public java.io.OutputStream open(java.io.OutputStream out,
                                 char format,
                                 java.io.File file)
                          throws java.io.IOException
Open a literal data packet for the passed in File object, returning an output stream for saving the file contents.

This method configures the generator to store the file contents in a single literal data packet, taking the filename and modification time from the file, but does not store the actual file data.

The stream created can be closed off by either calling close() on the stream or close() on the generator. Closing the returned stream does not close off the OutputStream parameter out.

Parameters:
out - the underlying output stream to write the literal data packet to.
format - the format of the literal data that will be written to the output stream (one of BINARY, TEXT or UTF8).
file - the file to determine the length and filename from.
Returns:
the output stream to write data to.
Throws:
java.io.IOException - if an error occurs writing stream header information to the provider output stream.
java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this generator already has an open OutputStream.

close

public void close()
           throws java.io.IOException
Close the literal data packet - this is equivalent to calling close on the stream returned by the open() method.

Specified by:
close in interface org.bouncycastle.openpgp.StreamGenerator
Throws:
java.io.IOException

Bouncy Castle Cryptography Library 1.66