python/tink/core/_primitive_wrapper.py

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"""Basic interface for wrapping a primitive."""

import abc
from typing import Generic, Type, TypeVar

from tink.core import _primitive_set


B = TypeVar('B')
P = TypeVar('P')


class PrimitiveWrapper(Generic[B, P], metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
  """Basic interface for wrapping a primitive.

  A PrimitiveSet can be wrapped by a single primitive in order to fulfill a
  cryptographic task. This is done by the PrimitiveWrapper. Whenever a new
  primitive type is added to Tink, the user should define a new PrimitiveWrapper
  and register it by calling registry.registerPrimitiveWrapper().

  The primitive of type B is wrapped into a primitive of type P. In most cases,
  B and P are the same.
  """

  @abc.abstractmethod
  def wrap(self, pset: _primitive_set.PrimitiveSet) -> P:
    """Wraps a PrimitiveSet and returns a single primitive instance."""
    raise NotImplementedError()

  @abc.abstractmethod
  def primitive_class(self) -> Type[P]:
    """Returns the class of the primitive produced by the wrapper."""
    raise NotImplementedError()

  def input_primitive_class(self) -> Type[B]:
    """Returns the class of the primitive that gets wrapped."""
    raise NotImplementedError()