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<h1 class="SECT1"><a name="XMLSEC-NOTES-NEW-CRYPTO-TRANSFORMS">Cryptographic transforms.</a></h1>
<p>The cryptographic transforms (digests, signatures and encryption)
	implementation is the main goal of "xmlsec-&lt;crypto&gt;" library.
	Most of the cryptographic <a href="xmlsec-notes-transforms.html">transforms</a> 
	use default <code class="STRUCTFIELD">pushBin</code> and <code class="STRUCTFIELD">popBin</code> 
	methods and provide custom <a href="xmlsec-transforms.html#XMLSECTRANSFORMEXECUTEMETHOD">execute</a> method. 
	The binary transform <a href="xmlsec-transforms.html#XMLSECTRANSFORMEXECUTEMETHOD">execute</a> method 
	processes data from the input buffer
	<code class="STRUCTFIELD">inBuf</code> and pushes results to
	<code class="STRUCTFIELD">outBuf</code>. The transform should try to
	consume and remove data from <code class="STRUCTFIELD">inBuf</code> buffer
	as soon as the data became available. However, it might happen
	that current data size in the input buffer is not enough (for example,
	RSA-PKCS1 algorithm requires that all the data are available in 
	one buffer). In this case, transform might keep the data in the 
	input buffer till the next call to 
	<a href="xmlsec-transforms.html#XMLSECTRANSFORMEXECUTEMETHOD">execute</a>
	method. The "last" parameter of the 
	<a href="xmlsec-transforms.html#XMLSECTRANSFORMEXECUTEMETHOD">execute</a>
	indicates that transform MUST process all the data in the input buffer
	and return as much as possible in the output buffer. The 
	<a href="xmlsec-transforms.html#XMLSECTRANSFORMEXECUTEMETHOD">execute</a> method 
	might be called multiple times with non-zero "last" parameter until 
	the transforms returns nothing
	in the output buffer. In addition, the transform implementation is 
	responsible for managing the transform <code class="STRUCTFIELD">status</code> 
	variable.
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<a name="AEN590"></a><p><b>Table 2. Typical transform status managing.</b></p>
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<td>xmlSecTransformStatusNone</td>
<td>Transform initializes itself (for example, cipher transform 
	generates or reads IV) and sets <code class="STRUCTFIELD">status</code> 
	variable to xmlSecTransformStatusWorking.</td>
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<td>xmlSecTransformStatusWorking</td>
<td>Transform process the next (if "last" parameter is zero) or
	last block of data (if "last" parameter is non-zero).
	When transform returns all the data, it sets the 
	<code class="STRUCTFIELD">status</code> variable to 
	xmlSecTransformStatusFinished.</td>
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<td>Transform returns no data to indicate that it finished
	processing.</td>
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	<p>In adition to <a href="xmlsec-transforms.html#XMLSECTRANSFORMEXECUTEMETHOD">execute</a>
	methods, signature, hmac or digest transforms 
	MUST implement <a href="xmlsec-transforms.html#XMLSECTRANSFORMVERIFYMETHOD">verify</a> method. 
	The <a href="xmlsec-transforms.html#XMLSECTRANSFORMVERIFYMETHOD">verify</a> method is called
	after transform execution is finished. The 
	<a href="xmlsec-transforms.html#XMLSECTRANSFORMVERIFYMETHOD">verify</a> method implementation 
	must set the "status" member to <a href="xmlsec-transforms.html#XMLSECTRANSFORMSTATUSOK">xmlSecTransformStatusOk</a>
	if signature, hmac or digest is successfuly verified or to
	<a href="xmlsec-transforms.html#XMLSECTRANSFORMSTATUSFAIL">xmlSecTransformStatusFail</a>
	otherwise.
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<p>The transforms that require a key (signature or encryption 
	transforms, for example) MUST imlpement 
	<a href="xmlsec-transforms.html#XMLSECTRANSFORMSETKEYREQUIREMENTSMETHOD">setKeyReq</a> 
	(prepares the <a href="xmlsec-keys.html#XMLSECKEYREQ">key requirements</a>
	for key search) and
	<a href="xmlsec-transforms.html#XMLSECTRANSFORMSETKEYMETHOD">setKey</a> 
	(sets the key in the transform) methods. 
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