Signatory.java

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package org.gradle.plugins.signing.signatory;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * A signatory is an object capable of providing a signature for an arbitrary stream of bytes.
 */
public interface Signatory {

    /**
     * <p>An identifying name for this signatory.</p>
     *
     * <p>The name must be constant for the life of the signatory and should uniquely identify it within a project.</p>
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Exhausts {@code toSign}, and writes the signature to {@code signatureDestination}. The caller is responsible for closing the streams, though the output WILL be flushed.
     *
     * @param toSign The source of the data to be signed
     * @param destination Where the signature will be written to
     */
    void sign(InputStream toSign, OutputStream destination);

    /**
     * Exhausts {@code toSign}, and returns the raw signature bytes.
     *
     * @param toSign The source of the data to be signed
     * @return The raw bytes of the signature
     */
    byte[] sign(InputStream toSign);
}