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package org.jasypt.encryption.pbe.config;



 Common interface for config classes applicable to StandardPBEStringEncryptor objects. This interface extends PBEConfig to add config parameters specific to String encryption. 

This interface lets the user create new PBEConfig
classes which retrieve values for this parameters from different
(and maybe more secure) sources (remote servers, LDAP, other databases...),
and do this transparently for the encryptor object. 


The config objects passed to an encryptor will only be queried once
for each configuration parameter, and this will happen 
during the initialization of the encryptor object. 

 For a default implementation, see SimpleStringPBEConfig. 
Author:
Daniel Fernández
Since:
1.3/**
 * <p>
 * Common interface for config classes applicable to 
 * {@link org.jasypt.encryption.pbe.StandardPBEStringEncryptor} objects. 
 * This interface extends {@link PBEConfig} to add config parameters specific 
 * to String encryption. 
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * This interface lets the user create new <tt>PBEConfig</tt>
 * classes which retrieve values for this parameters from different
 * (and maybe more secure) sources (remote servers, LDAP, other databases...),
 * and do this transparently for the encryptor object. 
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * The config objects passed to an encryptor <u>will only be queried once</u>
 * for each configuration parameter, and this will happen 
 * during the initialization of the encryptor object. 
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * For a default implementation, see {@link SimpleStringPBEConfig}.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @since 1.3
 * 
 * @author Daniel Fern&aacute;ndez
 * 
 */
public interface StringPBEConfig extends PBEConfig {

    

    

This parameter lets the user specify the form in which String output
will be encoded. Available encoding types are:


  
base64 (default)
  
hexadecimal

Returns:
The name of the encoding type for String output/**
     * <p>
     * This parameter lets the user specify the form in which String output
     * will be encoded. Available encoding types are:
     * </p>
     * <ul>
     *   <li><tt><b>base64</b></tt> (default)</li>
     *   <li><tt><b>hexadecimal</b></tt></li>
     * </ul>
     * 
     * @return The name of the encoding type for String output 
     */
    public String getStringOutputType();

    
}