com.pcbsys.nirvana.client.nMessageValidator Interface Reference

This interface defines the generic functionality that all Message Validators need to implement. More...


Public Member Functions
object	check (sbyte[] original)
	Compares the signature passed as a byte[] with the signature constructed with the update methods.
void	start (sbyte[] signature)
	This method is called on the validating class prior to any calls being made.
void	stop ()
	This method is called when the validation is completed.
void	update (sbyte[] data)
	This method adds the byte[] to the signature being built up to validate against.

Detailed Description

This interface defines the generic functionality that all Message Validators need to implement.

object com.pcbsys.nirvana.client.nMessageValidator.check ( sbyte[] original )

Compares the signature passed as a byte[] with the signature constructed with the update methods.

This method must throw an exception if the signatures do not match and must not just return null. As a null is still a valid return object.

Parameters:

original

Signature byte[]

Returns:: Object specific to the validating class that can be used for further validation

Exceptions:

Exception

Must be thrown if the signature do not match

void com.pcbsys.nirvana.client.nMessageValidator.start ( sbyte[] signature )

This method is called on the validating class prior to any calls being made.

It is not mandatory that the implementing class do anything with the function.

Parameters:

signature

The signature to be validated

void com.pcbsys.nirvana.client.nMessageValidator.update ( sbyte[] data )

This method adds the byte[] to the signature being built up to validate against.

Parameters:

data

byte[] to add to the signature

Exceptions:

Exception

Specific to the actual signing implementation