java/src/main/java/com/google/crypto/tink/PublicKeyVerify.java

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package com.google.crypto.tink;

import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;

/**
 * Interface for public key signing.
 *
 * <p>Digital Signatures provide functionality of signing data and verification of the signatures.
 *
 * <h3>Security guarantees</h3>
 *
 * <p>The functionality of Digital Signatures is represented a pair of primitives (interfaces)
 * {@link PublicKeySign} for signing of data, and {@link PublicKeyVerify} for verification of
 * signatures. Implementations of these interfaces are secure against adaptive chosen-message
 * attacks. Signing data ensures the authenticity and the integrity of that data, but not its
 * secrecy.
 *
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
public interface PublicKeyVerify {
  /**
   * Verifies whether {@code signature} is a valid signature for {@code data}.
   *
   * @throws GeneralSecurityException if {@code signature} is not a valid signature for {@code data}
   */
  void verify(final byte[] signature, final byte[] data) throws GeneralSecurityException;
}