Add AllPrimitives and AllPrimitivesWithKeyManager #16
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These new methods on the keyset handle complement `Primitives` and `PrimitivesWithKeyManager`, but return all primitives, not just enabled primitives. This can be useful for key implementations to display information about key parameters, but should not be used to create sets for encryption duties, since only enabled keys should be used for encryption. Done by adding a filter function to the private `primitives` method, and having `Primitives` and `PrimitivesWithKeyManager` use it to filter for enabled keys, while `AllPrimitives` and `AllPrimitivesWithKeyManager` don't filter. This keeps the code changes to a minimum. Also: add test to ensure that disabled keys are included in the `All` methods but excluded in the non-`All` methods. Requires disabling the check for enabled keys in `primitiveset`; should probably change it to allow the adding of other keys through a separate method or something, but I wanted to get some feedback and discussion going before I dove into that, so simply commenting out that check (and the corresponding test) for now.
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I don't think we want to add this. Sorry. We do have plans to extend the API of keyset.Handle, similar to what is already possible in Java, see: But since this is a bigger redesign, I don't think we will accept pull requests for this until the majority of the re-work is done. |
Okay, I'll keep my ugly hack for now, then.
Do you mean something like getAt, assuming that it returns keys regardless of their status? I think that would be fine for my use case. |
These new methods on the keyset handle complement
PrimitivesandPrimitivesWithKeyManager, but return all primitives, not just enabled primitives. This can be useful for key implementations to display information about key parameters, but should not be used to create sets for encryption duties, since only enabled keys should be used for encryption.Done by adding a filter function to the private
primitivesmethod, and havingPrimitivesandPrimitivesWithKeyManageruse it to filter for enabled keys, whileAllPrimitivesandAllPrimitivesWithKeyManagerdon't filter. This keeps the code changes to a minimum. Also: add test to ensure that disabled keys are included in theAllmethods but excluded in the non-Allmethods.Requires disabling the check for enabled keys in
primitiveset; should probably change it to allow the adding of other keys through a separate method or something, but I wanted to get some feedback and discussion going before I dove into that, so simply commenting out that check (and the corresponding test) for now.See discussion in #14 for some of the background on this proposal.