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25
26 /**
27 * Provides the classes and interfaces for cryptographic
28 * operations. The cryptographic operations defined in this package
29 * include encryption, key generation and key agreement, and Message
30 * Authentication Code (MAC) generation.
31 *
32 * <p>Support for encryption includes symmetric, asymmetric, block,
33 * and stream ciphers. This package also supports secure streams and
34 * sealed objects.
35 *
36 * <p>Many of the classes provided in this package are provider-based.
37 * The class itself defines a programming interface to which
38 * applications may write. The implementations themselves may then be
39 * written by independent third-party vendors and plugged in
40 * seamlessly as needed. Therefore application developers may take
41 * advantage of any number of provider-based implementations without
42 * having to add or rewrite code.
43 *
44 * <ul>
45 * <li><a href="{@docRoot}/../technotes/guides/security/StandardNames.html">
46 * <b>Java™ Cryptography Architecture Standard Algorithm Name
47 * Documentation</b></a></li>
48 * </ul>
49 *
50 * <h2>Related Documentation</h2>
51 *
52 * For further documentation, please see:
53 * <ul>
54 * <li>
55 * <a href=
56 * "{@docRoot}/../technotes/guides/security/crypto/CryptoSpec.html">
57 * <b>Java™ Cryptography Architecture (JCA) Reference Guide
58 * </b></a></li>
59 * <li>
60 * <a href=
61 * "{@docRoot}/../technotes/guides/security/crypto/HowToImplAProvider.html">
62 * <b>How to Implement a Provider in the Java™ Cryptography
63 * Architecture </b></a></li>
64 * </ul>
65 *
66 * @since 1.4
67 */
68 package javax.crypto;