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+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+"""This module defines the interface for Streaming AEAD."""
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import division
+from __future__ import google_type_annotations
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import abc
+from typing import BinaryIO
+
+
+class StreamingAead(object):
+  """The interface for streaming authenticated encryption with associated data.
+
+  Streaming encryption is typically used for encrypting large plaintexts such
+  as large files. This interface supports a streaming interface for symmetric
+  encryption with authentication. The underlying encryption modes are selected
+  so that partial plaintext can be obtained fast by decrypting and
+  authenticating just a part of the ciphertext.
+  """
+
+  __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta
+
+  @abc.abstractmethod
+  def new_encrypting_stream(self, ciphertext_destination: BinaryIO,
+                            associated_data: bytes) -> BinaryIO:
+    """Get a new encrypting stream that writes to ciphertext_destination.
+
+    Args:
+      ciphertext_destination: A writable binary file object to which ciphertext
+        will be written. It must support write(), close(), closed, and
+        writable().
+      associated_data: Associated data to be used by the AEAD encryption. It is
+        not included in the ciphertext and must be passed in as a parameter for
+        decryption.
+
+    Returns:
+      An encrypting file object wrapper around 'ciphertext_destination', such
+      that any bytes written to the wrapper are AEAD-encrypted using
+      'associated_data' as associated authenticated data.
+
+      It supports the following:
+        write()
+        close()
+        closed
+        tell()
+        isatty()
+        flush() (no-op)
+        writable()
+        readable()
+        seekable()
+        __enter__() and __exit__()
+      Other methods, including read() and seek(), raise io.UnsupportedOperation.
+      Closing the wrapper also closes the ciphertext_destination.
+
+    Raises:
+      tink.TinkError if the creation fails.
+    """
+    raise NotImplementedError()
+
+  @abc.abstractmethod
+  def new_decrypting_stream(self, ciphertext_source: BinaryIO,
+                            associated_data: bytes) -> BinaryIO:
+    """Get a new decrypting stream that reads from ciphertext_source.
+
+    Args:
+      ciphertext_source: A readable binary file object from which ciphertext
+        will be read.
+      associated_data: Associated data to be used by the AEAD decryption. It
+        must match the associated_data supplied for the encryption.
+
+    Returns:
+      A decrypting file object wrapper around 'ciphertext_source', such that
+      any bytes read from the wrapper are AEAD-decrypted using 'associated_data'
+      as associated authenticated data.
+
+      It supports the following:
+        read()
+        read1()
+        readinto()
+        readinto1()
+        readline()
+        readlines()
+        readall()
+        close()
+        closed
+        tell()
+        isatty()
+        flush() (no-op)
+        readable()
+        writable()
+        seekable()
+        __enter__() and __exit__()
+        __iter__() and __next__()
+      Other methods, including write() and seek(), raise
+      io.UnsupportedOperation.
+      Closing the wrapper also closes the ciphertext_source.
+
+    Raises:
+      tink.TinkError if the creation fails.
+
+    """
+    raise NotImplementedError()