cpp/src/polo/encoding/hexadecimalencoder.h

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#ifndef POLO_ENCODING_HEXADECIMALENCODER_H_
#define POLO_ENCODING_HEXADECIMALENCODER_H_

#include <string>
#include <vector>

#include "polo/encoding/secretencoder.h"

namespace polo {
namespace encoding {

// Encodes and decodes secret challenges as hexadecimal strings.
class HexadecimalEncoder : public SecretEncoder {
 public:
  // @override
  virtual std::string EncodeToString(
      const std::vector<uint8_t>& secret) const;

  // @override
  virtual std::vector<uint8_t> DecodeToBytes(
      const std::string& secret) const;

  // @override
  virtual size_t symbols_per_byte() const;\
 private:
  enum {
    // Hex encoding has 2 symbols per byte since each hex character uses 4 bits.
    HEX_SYMBOLS_PER_BYTE = 2
  };
};

}  // namespace encoding
}  // namespace polo

#endif  // POLO_ENCODING_HEXADECIMALENCODER_H_