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# Copyright (c) 2015 The Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory
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"""
Base SymmetricKey Class

This module defines the SymmetricKey class.
"""

from castellan.key_manager import key


class SymmetricKey(key.Key):
    """This class represents symmetric keys."""

    def __init__(self, alg, key):
        """Create a new SymmetricKey object.

        The arguments specify the algorithm for the symmetric encryption and
        the bytes for the key.
        """
        self.alg = alg
        self.key = key

    def get_algorithm(self):
        """Returns the algorithm for symmetric encryption."""
        return self.alg

    def get_format(self):
        """This method returns 'RAW'."""
        return "RAW"

    def get_encoded(self):
        """Returns the key in its encoded format."""
        return self.key

    def __eq__(self, other):
        if isinstance(other, SymmetricKey):
            return (self.alg == other.alg and
                    self.key == other.key)
        return NotImplemented

    def __ne__(self, other):
        result = self.__eq__(other)
        if result is NotImplemented:
            return result
        return not result