JwaAlgorithm (spring-security-docs 5.8.10 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

JwsAlgorithm

All Known Implementing Classes:

MacAlgorithm, SignatureAlgorithm
```
public interface JwaAlgorithm
```
Super interface for cryptographic algorithms defined by the JSON Web Algorithms (JWA) specification and used by JSON Web Signature (JWS) to digitally sign or create a MAC of the contents and JSON Web Encryption (JWE) to encrypt the contents.

Since:

5.5

See Also:

JSON Web Algorithms (JWA), JSON Web Signature (JWS), JSON Web Encryption (JWE)

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  java.lang.String getName()
  Returns the algorithm name.

- Method Detail
  - getName
```
java.lang.String getName()
```
    Returns the algorithm name.
    
    Returns:
    
    the algorithm name