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// - Rc4.hpp                                                                 -
// - afnix:sec module - RC4 block cipher class definition                    -
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#ifndef  AFNIX_RC4_HPP
#define  AFNIX_RC4_HPP

#ifndef  AFNIX_SERIALCIPHER_HPP
#include "SerialCipher.hpp"
#endif

namespace afnix {

  /// The Rc4 class is a serial cipher class that implements the RC4
  /// encryption algorithm. This is an original implementation that
  /// conforms to ARC4 published specification. The cipher operates with
  /// a serial key which can be at least 256 bytes.
  /// @author amaury darsch

  class Rc4 : public SerialCipher {
  private:
    /// the derived s-box
    t_byte* p_sbox;
    /// the sbox indexes
    long d_sidx[2];

    /// encode a byte into another one
    /// @param bi the input byte
    t_byte encode (const t_byte bi);
    
    /// decode a byte into another one
    /// @param bi the input byte
    t_byte decode (const t_byte bi);

  public:
    /// create a new cipher by key
    /// @param key the cipher key
    Rc4 (const Key& key);

    /// create a new cipher by key and flag
    /// @param key the cipher key
    /// @param rflg the reverse flag
    Rc4 (const Key& key, const bool rflg);

    /// destroy this cipher
    ~Rc4 (void);

    /// @return the class name
    String repr (void) const;

    /// reset this cipher
    void reset (void);

  private:
    // make the copy constructor private
    Rc4 (const Rc4&);
    // make the assignment operator private
    Rc4& operator = (const Rc4&);

  public:
    /// create a new object in a generic way
    /// @param argv the argument vector
    static Object* mknew (Vector* argv);
  };
}

#endif
