CipherAlgorithmType.java

package com.sromku.simple.storage.security;

import javax.crypto.Cipher;
import javax.crypto.CipherOutputStream;

/**
 * The algorithm of the {@link Cipher}. Those algorithms could be used while
 * encrypting the files by using {@link CipherOutputStream}. <br>
 * <br>
 * 
 * <em>http://developer.android.com/reference/javax/crypto/Cipher.html</em>
 * <em>http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/crypto/Cipher.html</em>
 * <em>http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/security/StandardNames.html#Cipher</em>
 * 
 * @author Roman Kushnarenko - sromku (sromku@gmail.com)
 * 
 */
public enum CipherAlgorithmType {
	/**
	 * Advanced Encryption Standard as specified by NIST in FIPS 197. Also known
	 * as the Rijndael algorithm by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen, AES is a
	 * 128-bit block cipher supporting keys of 128, 192, and 256 bits.
	 */
	AES("AES"),

	/**
	 * The Digital Encryption Standard.
	 */
	DES("DES"),

	/**
	 * Triple DES Encryption (also known as DES-EDE, 3DES, or Triple-DES). Data
	 * is encrypted using the DES algorithm three separate times. It is first
	 * encrypted using the first subkey, then decrypted with the second subkey,
	 * and encrypted with the third subkey.
	 */
	DESede("DESede"),

	/**
	 * The RSA encryption algorithm
	 */
	RSA("RSA");

	private String mName;

	private CipherAlgorithmType(String name) {
		mName = name;
	}

	/**
	 * Get the algorithm name of the enum value.
	 * 
	 * @return The algorithm name
	 */
	public String getAlgorithmName() {
		return mName;
	}
}